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Word: sambas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Experts wrote essays proving that the bambuco had been the national dance all along. So far as Bogotá was concerned, the rumba, samba and the tango had a new and potent rival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Mountain Music | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...find candidates of their own, Adhemar, never noted for his humility, turned his ebullient cockiness to good account. He showed off his crowd-drawing prowess at close range, played the self-confident candidate to the hilt. Long after he had flown back to São Paulo, a new samba called Adhemar Dá Jeito (Adhemar Will Fix It) blared from Rio's radios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Wonderful People | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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