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...make an inch of space seem like a mile, and he worked angles like Pythagoras. But, in true malandro spirit, the creativity he showed in and around the penalty box may have also been at work in his math when it came to counting goals. The Vasco da Gama striker has padded his tally with goals scored in youth matches, amateur games and friendlies (although there's no reason to believe reports that his 999 goals include those scored on his Playstation...
...Brazil's top football magazine, Placar, did its own research, and came out with a Romario goal tally about 100 short of the 999 claimed by the striker himself. That forced Romario to admit that not all the 999 goals were scored in first-class games. In the U.S. or Europe, the admission of such chicanery in pursuit of a hallowed sports milestone would likely be condemned as unscrupulous, if not immoral. But in Brazil, where the original malandros of samba songs were celebrated for their ability to triumph through deceit and cunning, Romario remains a hero - or, at worst...
...MORE INFO: VPs Agree to Meet with Strikers (May 11, 2007): High-level University officials agree to a meeting with students to discuss the issue. Representatives from SEIU 615 also reject AlliedBarton’s offer of a 32-cent raise during negotiations, and as a second hunger striker is hospitalized, student protesters threaten an “escalation in tactics” if Harvard does not intervene in the negotiations...
...second hunger striker was hospitalized, student protesters threatened an “escalation in tactics” if Harvard did not intervene in the negotiations...
...release the details of the offer. But Austin S. Guest ’07, a spokesman for the group of students leading the campaign for higher wages, the Stand for Security Coalition, said that the security guards were offered $13 per hour, a 32-cent raise which fellow hunger striker J. Claire Provost ’07 called “completely insulting...