Word: samba
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...Acapulcan heart of darkness, to the primitive rituals of the Monte Carlo gaming tables, to the menacing volcanoes towering over Waikiki Beach. Do they, then, these voyagers inspired by visions of icy glasses of rum-and-coke, by images of deep-bronze sun tans, by dreams of discreetly wicked samba music, actually realize those hopes and aspirations that so many of their fellow students find frustrated? Perhaps they do, and the old adage that money buys happiness has more truth than many would be willing to admit. But, alas, the pleasure of these sun-bathing souls must remain transient...
...lived long enough to see the Kung Fu, the latest dance fad karateing the country. Inspired by the Oriental hand-to-hand combat form (via the weekly TV series of the same name) and a best-selling spin-off record called Kung Fu Fighting, the dance resembles a samurai samba...
...Onoda emerged from the Philippine jungle where he personally continued to wage World War II for 29 years, the doughty infantryman has been mulling over his future habitat. Finally he settled on Brazil. "It offered me many more job opportunities than Japan," he said as he learned how to samba in a Rio nightspot. He was not referring to Brazil's secret police, who war against enemies of the state, but to a farm in the interior run by 36 Japanese families. Before deciding to turn cattleman, however, Onoda will publish his memoirs, Thirty Years in Lubang, and visit...
...This is how Oui portrays them: "French women are different from American women. They speak a foreign language and drink wine with lunch.... French women are extremely artistic. When they are not posing for artists, they are posing for photographers. They are all very beautiful and can dance the Samba like anything." The piece could be describing animals...
When the U.S. and Brazil began their latest round of talks on American fishing rights in Brazilian coastal waters three months ago, Brazil's Minister Ronaldo Costa hummed a few bars of a popular samba for U.S. Ambassador Donald McKernan...