Word: rios
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Brazilians, feeling the razor edge of hunger, belied their easygoing natures. Last week swirling inflation, caused by war's dislocations and Government ineptitude, spawned violence. Riot ruled Rio de Janeiro as angry mobs wrecked shops of profiteering merchants, smashed fancy movie theaters and battled police. Congress roared; at least one newspaper shouted for a strong man. This week martial law was declared and soldiers, guns in hand, patrolled the streets...
...Rio de Janeiro...
...only frightened the Indians. Rondon's Indian Service tried again. More presents were left: machetes, bright cloth. Recently, the Indians nibbled. Every 15 days they gathered in large numbers for the gifts. Last week the 156-year-old war was over. To General Rondon, now 82 and in Rio, the leader of the mission had wired: "I take great satisfaction in communicating to you news of the first amicable meeting with the Chavante Indians. . . ." Toasts had been drunk and some 400 Indians had offered presents in return -great spears with blunt tips. Said the General: "This is the victory...
Notorious. Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman and Gary Grant stalk Nazis in Rio (TIME...
Notorious. Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman and Gary Grant stalk Nazis in Rio (TIME...