Word: rios
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Independence circled Rio de Janeiro's mountain-rimmed harbor, Harry Truman looked down on a city seething with excitement. Streets were bright with welcoming banners. Everywhere there were huge posters of Truman. A special Truman stamp had been printed for the occasion. For days, every band in town had been practicing the Missouri Waltz (which Truman has grown to hate as Franklin D. Roosevelt grew to hate Home on the Range...
Next day he was up early to drive the 45 miles through Rio's encircling mountains to Petrópolis, where the delegates to the Inter-American Defense Conference awaited him. Truman's speech was roundly applauded. He made emphatic what Secretary of State Marshall had already indicated, that Latin American economic needs must wait on those of Europe. In fact, Truman told the delegates, he hoped that the American nations, "each according to its ability and in its own manner," would contribute something themselves...
Then he left hurriedly for the trip back to Rio and the Missouri, where he was scheduled to receive 500 delegates and Brazilian notables for luncheon. In the harbor, the fog had closed down and a cold wind was blowing. Many of Brazil's gayest hats were bedraggled by the time the guests managed to jump from bobbing launches to the Missouri's gangway. Brazilians visibly regretted the lack of wine, but consoled themselves with huge amounts of American coffee...
...third of the rural population has malaria, a fifth hookworm. In Rio and São Paulo the prevalence of syphilis and tuberculosis is even higher...
...Rio is the world's most beautiful city and the worst thing that ever happened to Brazilians-the largest city in the world that is unabashedly and with deep conviction a playground." Dr. Tavares can hardly wait till the capital is moved to the west, and officials can really buckle down to business...