Word: rios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spare time, Barnes said he watched the world-famous Rio carnival from free $100 seats, ate dinner with the American consul, and saw the Police in concert...
While most of the Harvard men's swimming team was cruising through the weakest part of its schedule, yardling aquaman Dave Barnes was representing the United States in an international meet held earlier this month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
...Rio, Barnes said, was not Los Angeles. No score was kept in the meet and he described the competition as "low pressure...
...preen in fur coats and fancy down parkas. Some token flakes fell on that city, and one delivery boy said excitedly: "I've only seen it once boy said excitedly: "I've only seen it once before." There were some real problems: power outages were widespread, the Rio Grande Valley's tomato and pepper crops were nearly wiped out. In El Paso, where the streets iced over, 126 minor car accidents occurred during one 1 ½-hour period. Said a policeman: "It was Demolition Derby...
...former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 58, it seemed like old times. After watching a soccer match in Rio, Kissinger flew to Brasilia, the capital, to deliver a university lecture. Some 300 protesting students pelted the lecture hall with eggs and tomatoes, and then pounded samba drums to taunt him. Hustled out by police into a paddy wagon, Kissinger took it all in stride: "I used to be a professor at Harvard, so I am used to this. But Brazilian students do have better rhythm...