Word: oliveira
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...poetic movie he produced by hiring amateur actors and coaxing action out of them against wild festival backgrounds in Rio de Janeiro. The formula worked so well that last fall Camus returned to Brazil, hired two professional actors, more amateurs and some of the old cast-notably Lourdes de Oliveira, a supple housemaid who played the jilted girl in Orpheus-and set out to swallow one of the biggest countries in the Western Hemisphere...
...Lisbon he got the lavish affection that he needed to buoy his spirits. Arriving four days ahead of schedule, the President found that the Portuguese had nevertheless got their welcome ready in time: there were warm greetings from President Américo Tomas and Strongman António de Oliveira Salazar, a 21-gun salute, and enthusiastic thousands lining the streets to see him. "I'm sure glad to be here and away from there." he said. But despite his happy mood, his staff caught flashes of concern in his face, and in his stumbling arrival speech...
Under the bland rule of Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, 70, Portugal has slumbered for more than a quarter century. Occasionally the nation of 11,450,000 seems on the point of waking, e.g., in 1958, when General Humberto Delgado (now in exile in Brazil) broke all the rules by campaigning seriously for the presidency. Last year Portugal twitched again when the government announced that it had smashed a military plot to overthrow aging Dr. Salazar. Among those arrested: handsome Captain José de Almeida Santos, 39. a cavalry officer with a record of distinguished service...
...quarter of a century ascetic Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar has slaved 18 hours a day, six days a week, giving the Portuguese the sternly ordered rule he thinks best for them. The least the little economics professor expected in return was public admiration, and for a surprisingly long time for a strongman, he got it. But though his budgets are tidily balanced, his people are still poor, and increasingly fed up with the lack of freedom and the harsh police methods of Salazar's paternal dictatorship. Portugal's money is stronger than the dollar, and prices...
...over the country. The plot bore the preposterous name of "Operation Cocktail," and the people behind it, said the minister, included all classes and were all "most confused." Among those arrested: a priest, nine army officers, 22 civilians. Behind this threat to the 27-year dictatorship of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, police also saw the features of flamboyant General Humberto Delgado, who in last year's election got a surprising 23% of the votes, even with Salazar's men counting the ballots...