Word: waldemar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...coastal cities of Brazil, in the impoverished town of Tres Coracoes. Nicknamed Dico by his family, he was called Pele by soccer friends, a word whose origins escape him. Dico shined shoes until he was discovered at the age of 11 by one of the country's premier players, Waldemar de Brito. Four years later, De Brito brought Pele to Sao Paulo and declared to the disbelieving directors of the professional team in Santos, "This boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world." He was quickly legend. By the next season, he was the top scorer...
...South African panel included African National Congress (ANC) member Rider Moloto and Waldemar Zastrau, the South African deputy consul-general for New York. This marked the first meeting of ANC and South African government representatives at Harvard, said Gordon N. Lederman '93, co-president of the CFIA Student Council...
...religious liberals in Los Angeles, learned it was to be closed and sold to a private developer, they did what comes naturally: organize, protest and stonewall. Founded in 1924 by the First Unitarian Church, Sunset Hall had housed such prominent figures as anti- McCarthy activist Rose Chernin and Waldemar Hille, accompanist to Paul Robeson. The remaining nine residents threatened to stage a noisy demonstration outside Sunset Hall on the day it closed...