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Word: pimentel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Luckier than all the prospectors were the traders who grubstaked them. Isaac Alcolumbre, a 4O-year-old Macapa merchant, collected 66 Ibs. of gold, worth $54,000, on loans totaling $15,000. Young Florisberto Pimentel resigned his job as a government health officer, invested his $600 savings in medicines and sold them for $3,000. "One more trip and I can set up my own drugstore," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Gold Fever | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

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