Word: rios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brazil's near loan defaults are causing headaches for international bankers, but the devaluation of Mexican and Brazilian currency has been a boon to American travelers to these countries. Ellen W. Grinberg, an agent at Trips & Company, said her agency is offering a one-week package to Rio de Janeiro, including round trip airfare and hotel, for $499. "We see many students taking advantage of this," said Grinberg, who pointed out that the lowest scheduled airfare to Rio alone...
...boss of Fox films was regarded as frivolous when it was announced in January 1980, a "figurehead" move, as another female film executive described it at the time. A former math teacher (in the racially tense Watts district of Los Angeles), Max Factor model, actress (with John Wayne in Rio Lobo) and $5-an-hr. script reader, Lansing moved to Fox from Columbia, where she had risen quickly to senior vice president of production...
...border between Mexico and the U.S. is political and historical, not geographical. There are no natural barriers between the two nations. The Rio Grande does not separate, it unites. But the sameness of the landscape only accentuates the social and historical differences. They are most visible ethnically and, above all, economically. The wealth of the U.S. and the poverty of Mexico are usually expressed in social and political terms: development and underdevelopment, the policies of American expansionism and Mexican defensiveness. This opposition is real enough, but the true difference is more profound. It has been apparent since the birth...
...thinking this has been a very wonderful visit for us." White House aides tried to counter the impression that the President was shirking urgent work in Washington for a Latin holiday. Nancy Reagan did not go, and the 600-person presidential entourage, wary of "Flying Down to Rio" headlines, avoided Brazil's gayest metropolis...
Instead of Rio de Janeiro, Air Force One landed Tuesday night in Brasilia, the oppressively bland and businesslike capital city planned and built from scratch on an isolated plateau during the late 1950s. "Your elections Nov. 15," Reagan said on his arrival, "demonstrated Brazil's confidence in itself and stability in freedom...