Word: rio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Getter. In Rio de Janeiro, an ad appeared in the classified-section of the English-language daily, the Brazil Herald: "Girl wants part-time job where she can sleep, please call...
...Rio de Janeiro...
Early vote returns, heavily weighted with big-city votes from Rio and São Paulo, gave Millionaire Politico Adhemar de Barros a temporary lead, but Kubitschek forged slowly ahead after reports began coming in from the inland states, notably Minas Gerais. The count early this week: Kubitschek 2,277,000, Army General Juarez Távora 2,112,000, Barros...
...Rio. Bernadete was not content to wait for her miracle. Together with Dr. Lopez, she vowed to "do something for others." Existing plans for a modern, 150-bed cancer hospital were dug from a pigeonhole and, after a persuasive visit from Bernadete, city authorities voted a grant of land for the building. Architects promised their work free, but when construction costs were estimated at $370,000, Bernadete decided that Recife's financial resources were too limited. She decided to go to Rio. "We must be quick," she said. "I have so little time...
...Rio, the hospital fund mounted quickly to $103,600 by week's end and gave every promise of growing, as Rio's Jockey Club promised to donate all profits from a Sunday's racing, and Marta Rocha announced plans for a star-studded charity show. Meanwhile, as Bernadete's plight drew national attention, Brazilian Specialist Albert Coutinho offered to perform a drastic, last-chance operation involving removal of the right lung. Bernadete decided against it. "My death," she said, "will be more useful than my life. People will not forget...