Word: sao
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...center encompasses two separate institutions--the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), which moved to Cambridge from Washington in 1955. Since July 1973, both HCO and SAO have worked under one director, George Field, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy...
DIED. Guiomar Novaës, eightyish, eminent Brazilian pianist; of a heart attack; in Sao Paulo. Born the 17th of 19 children, Novaës began playing the piano at age four, and ten years later left her native country to study in Paris on a Brazilian government grant. Upon her American debut in 1915, she was hailed as "the Paderewska of the Pampas," and for the next five decades sustained that accolade through her recordings and international concerts. An intuitive musician and a supreme keyboard colorist, the tiny (5 ft.) virtuoso was renowned for her warm, effortless performances...
...vote, the new President-elect waged an active ten-month campaign to overcome a serious problem: he was relatively unknown. The son of a general, Figueiredo is a career officer who had been the shadowy director of Brazil's national intelligence service under Geisel. Figueiredo even hired a Sao Paulo advertising agency to improve his image. At their direction, he abandoned his customary tinted glasses for clear lenses, began to kiss babies and beauty queens and even submitted to a kindergarten interview session, during which he told one mite of his upcoming presidency: "I won't enjoy...
Unfortunately for the President-elect, the bloom has vanished from the Brazilian boom. Largely because of heavy petroleum imports, the national debt has reached $40 billion and inflation is running at 40% annually. A "cost of living" movement has collected more than 1 million signatures in Sao Paulo alone on a petition demanding price freezes and wage hikes. At the same time, there is a potentially dangerous split among the generals: many of them oppose any further liberalization and object to the fact that Geisel himself selected a successor instead of seeking a consensus...
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