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...robbed Mittarakis of sight in her right eye and she has lost 60% of the vision in her left eye, she continues to produce canvases at home on Paqueta Island off the coast of Rio. The work reproduced on this week's cover is an acrylic portrayal of the Tijuca forest overlooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Jun. 1, 1992 | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...with his wife through whooping crowds in the middle-class Catete district, whipped out his revolver when someone made a disparaging remark about the lady; in the ensuing gunplay, six were wounded. An air force officer, drunk enough to be offended by the sight of two men swimming at Tijuca Beach in their underwear, wounded one and killed the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Spree | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...last week, when a 440-lb. shark caught off Barra da Tijuca was opened, there rolled out a human head, two human arms. Jacare's own comrades, examining the teeth, were doubtful it was Jacare. though expert criminologists, judging from the skull formation and skin color, were sure it was from Jacare's region. In any case, it was another poor jangadeiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: End of a Hero | 6/8/1942 | See Source »

...President of Brazil and the President of the United States." Then driving happily down to the waterfront with an escort of red-white-&-blue uniformed guards Franklin Roosevelt put to sea on the Indianapolis, while fireworks said farewell to him from the summits of Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, Gavea, Tijuca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Southern Cross | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...Milhaud--"Saudades do Brasil" (suite of dances) Overture--Sorocaba--Corcovado--Laranjeiras--Tijuca...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT HARVARD CLUB TOMORROW | 3/8/1930 | See Source »

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