Word: virgilio
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...press put the dictator on the spot. Snorted Rio's Diario Carioca: "The 'Additional Act' is stillborn." Snapped former deputy Dario de Almeida Magalhaes: "The 'Additional Act' . . . Additional to what? ... To a constitution which doesn't exist!" Sneered sober old-line statesman Virgilio de Mello Franco: "All the fascism that can be maintained has been maintained...
...inheritance dwindled, Schoolmaster Duncan began to slip. Struggling to stay in business, he rented the mansion in Lenox for $200 a month from one Bene Virgilio. When the plumber walked in, Duncan was out of town (for the fifth straight week) on business...
Last week through the censorship leaked the news that five important democratic leaders had been suddenly arrested, and imprisoned incommunicado in barracks of the military police. Most important of the prisoners: Virgilio de Mello Franco, who had helped put Vargas in power in 1930. Two others were leading editors of pro-democratic newspapers...
...night. These evenings were the worst, as one had to sit on one's straw or brick in darkness. On Oct. 12 we were brought in trucks to Marseille for a hearing. Among this group were only the German and Austrian Jews from the Virgilio. After the hearing we were told that we were free and could continue our journey with our wives. Rear Admiral Muselier, Commander of Marseille, personally came over to our truck and assured us that we could sail soon and that our papers and money would be returned to us. In the meantime, however...
...overseas (there is a 21? tariff on oil imports to the U. S.) and neither has enough oil for its distribution system. In a warring world they will doubtless find buyers for their Colombian oil, but may bring it to the U. S. to be refined. Last week old Virgilio Barco was many years in his grave, but his son Jorge (pronounced Horkhay) Barco, in Cúcuta, had himself a few drinks as the royalties began to accumulate...