Word: paulo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest name in Brazil's midterm state and congressional elections last week got the biggest comeuppance. Janio Quadros, 45, elected mayor of Sao Paulo city in 1953, governor of Sao Paulo state in 1954 and President of Brazil by a record margin in 1960, was running for office for the first time since he abdicated the presidency in August 1961. He chose his old stamping ground, Sao Paulo, and his old job, governor. Totting up the official returns takes weeks in Brazil, but all indications are that Quadros suffered a humiliating defeat. With 86% of the ballots counted...
...converted an old foundry to make Willys' castings, began building the sprawling, efficient plant at Sao Bernardo. The Brazilians set about lining up parts suppliers. A manufacturer of hypodermic needles converted his production to gas and oil lines, and a blacksmith bid to supply wheels. Recalls Willys Treasurer Paulo Quartim Barbosa: "We gave him an order for 500 wheels. They weren't quite square-but almost. Our technicians found they had eight protruding points. But we gave him another chance, and when he sent them back to us again two months later, they were as good...
...never been away. Crowds saw the same disheveled hair, rumpled suit, and sweeping gestures, and heard the same messianic utterances. He promised them economic reform, abolition of large landholdings, curbs on foreign investments. "This is the campaign for the redemption of S?o Paulo and Brazil," he declared. He blasted the "powerful groups" and "foreign interests" that drove President Getulio Vargas, he said, "to suicide and led me to resignation...
...beginning of the campaign, Quadros fluttered along with little following and no real backing. His old ally and successor, S?o Paulo's incumbent Governor Carvalho Pinto, had already thrown his support to José Bonifacio Nogueira, 39, the state's aristocratic agriculture secretary, and had lined up a formidable coalition including the National Democratic Union and Christian Democrats, two parties that in the past had backed Quadros. President Jo?o ("Jango") Goulart's Labor Party organization in S?o Paulo was also behind Bonifacio, although Goulart himself has been silent. Bonifacio is running on Governor Carvalho Pinto's impressive record...
...only muster the support of six minor parties, ranging from the far right to the far left. But he soon recaptured his old magic with the crowds. Until a few weeks ago, newspapers ignored his campaign and poked fun at him. On the anniversary of his resignation, S?o Paulo papers headlined it as Dia da Fuga, day of flight. But J?nio told a cheering crowd that election day, Oct. 7, will be Dia da Forra, day of redress. And slowly he has gained ground, especially among the lower classes, where his promises of economic reform and clean government...