Word: senhor
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...Jones, this triplicity of Whites before him has taken on a weird, nightmarish character. For one thing, many people look at him suspiciously when he announces that he is a TIME correspondent named Jones. For another, everywhere he goes he learns that Senhor White has been there before him. At a cocktail party, one indignant lady told him: "This is not meant to be personal, but for us in Rio TIME without Whites is no longer TIME...
...dynasty of Whites is receding into history. But a terrifying thing is happening. All three are blending, becoming one superman known as simply White, who knew everybody, went everywhere, held every imaginable opinion. When I discuss household problems with Maria, the maid, I am again up against this paragon Senhor White. This fabulous journalist, it appears, liked many fruits for breakfast, no fruits and no eggs, eggs with bacon and four eggs...
...married, who liked lamb and pork, but no shrimp; White the father of Cricket (Frank White III), who liked fruits, eggs, bacon and pastries; and White the criança (youngster), who refused milk and potatoes for fear of becoming White the fat. Now, when the name of Senhor White comes up, Maria goes to the kitchen, consults the chart and points out which one she means...
Christmas invariably brought a handsome, if misdirected, selection of cards. All this more than made up for the blank look on the faces of host and hostess when Frank and his wife arrived at parties in response to invitations addressed tc Senhor and Senhora White...
...pundits were mum, so was Senhor Vargas. His only campaign promise had been to turn out the ins. The gaúchos of his southern frontier district have a saying: "He can wait like an Indian and plan like a Jesuit." This week Vargas issued no victory cries, no bright new programs. He didn't say a single word. He remained at his bare ranch house at Itu, occasionally went out to putter in his garden...