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...been for centuries, in full black dresses over thick trousers, their hair covered by black kerchiefs knotted under black felt hats. "This cooperative has 10,000 acres, and it all used to belong to two men who only hired a few workers when they needed them," says Francisco Antonio Pombinho, 42, a worker in the co-op's machine shop. "Now there are 300 of us, and we work all the year round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Change Comes to the Alentejo | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

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