Word: rio
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...universally popular entertainment. In Europe, American films capture at least half the box office. The top-grossing film in Japan last year, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, earned $32 million in theaters, twice as much as the most popular Japanese film. Of the 27 movies currently showing in Rio's cinemas, 21 are American. Overseas fans say they are drawn to the American spirit of independence and optimism. Says Roberto Fernandez Blanco, an Argentine businessman: "When you see an American work of art, you feel a breeze of freedom of expression." Thus the MCA deal strikes some Americans...
...profile drug smuggling since the federal crackdown in Florida. Officially designated as one of the nation's poorest regions, the area is basking in a cocaine-driven economic boom that has helped fuel a surge in bank deposits. Lavish homes -- paid for in cash -- have been built fronting the Rio Grande, and luxury cars equipped with cellular telephones dot the unpaved streets of such towns as Roma and Rio Grande City. Hard-pressed lawmen fear that they can do no more than hold the line against the traffickers...
...severe, yet many cannot afford the equipment that would enable them to keep track of their blood sugar. Often they are so badly informed about their disease that they skrimp on the oral medication or insulin shots they need to keep blood glucose in the normal range. In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, a large health-promotion project, A Su Salud, has begun to spread the word about diabetes on Spanish-language radio and television...
There are encouraging signs, however, that the old ways of Brazilians are changing. Women's groups in Rio de Janeiro are mobilizing to bring public pressure on the justice system. Earlier this year, a Belo Horizonte man was sentenced to 19 years for killing his wife. "Things have got better," says Sandra Lima of the Confederation of Brazilian Women, "but they are still far from ideal...
...Mello was worried that the scandal might damage his administration's credibility. His sensitivity is understandable: three weeks ago, a woman from the state of Alagoas claimed that the President was the father of her 10-year-old son. Last month a candidate for governor in the state of Rio Grande do Sul was hurt by allegations from his former wife that he had deserted their three children. And in the state of Amazonas, gubernatorial candidate Gilberto Mestrinho was attacked by his opponents for having nine children by four women. But the snickering slogan "Vote for Mestrinho -- he could...