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eyes
eyes are both windows and beacons for the mind. They provide vision — our most precious sense. But they also transmit signals to others — signals of anger, lust, fear, compassion, happiness. Eyes can desire (‘A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind’; Shakespeare, Love's... Read more |
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Kenneth Anger
ANGER, Kenneth Nationality:American. Born:Santa Monica, California, 1930. Career:Played changeling in Max Reinhardt's film A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1934; studied tap-dancing in class including Shirley Temple, 1935; completed first film, 1941; after ... Read more |
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Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire , 1921-97, Brazilian educator. After his exile from Brazil following the military coup in 1964, Freire taught in Chile and was a consultant to UNESCO. He taught at Harvard and was a consultant to the World Council of Churches before returning to Brazil in 1981. He is best known for his... Read more |
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Sao Paulo
São Paulo , state (1996 pop. 34,055,715), 95,713 sq mi (247,897 sq km), SE Brazil. It is Brazil's most populous and economically important state. The capital is the city of São Paulo, (1996 pop. 9,816,776), on the Tietê River. The largest city of Brazil and of South America,... Read more |
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Santos
Santos , city (1996 pop. 412,288), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic just off the mainland. It is 40 mi (64 km) SE of the city of São Paulo, with which it is linked by rail and by the Via Anchieta highway. Santos is the world's greatest... Read more |
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Janio da Silva Quadros
Jânio da Silva Quadros , 1917-92, president of Brazil (Jan.-Aug., 1961). A schoolteacher and lawyer, he served as mayor of the city of (1953-54) and as governor of the state of São Paulo (1955-59). A political independent, he was elected president in 1960 by an unprecedented popular... Read more |
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Emiliano di Cavalcanti
Cavalcanti, Emiliano di (1897–1976). Brazilian painter, draughtsman, and writer, born in Rio de Janeiro, a pioneer of modern art in his country. He trained for a career in law, but he turned seriously to art after a successful exhibition of his caricatures in São Paulo in 1917. In 1922... Read more |
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Lasar Segall
Segall, Lasar (b Vilna [now Vilnius], 7 July 1891; d São Paulo, 2 Aug. 1957). Lithuanian-born painter and graphic artist who settled in Brazil in 1923 (following a visit in 1912) and became a Brazilian citizen. Before and after the first journey to Brazil he lived in Germany (mainly Berlin and... Read more |
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Lojas Arapua S.A
Lojas Arapua S.A. Rua Sergipe, 475 9 Andar Sao Paulo SP 01243-912 Brazil Telephone: +55 (11) 5503-1787 Fax: +55 (11) 5503-1764 Public Company Incorporated: 1957 Employees: 1,300 Sales: R$350 million (2002) Stock Exchanges: Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro NAIC: 443111 Household... Read more |
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Rio Grande (Brazil river)
Rio Grande name of several rivers of Brazil. The largest rises in S Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil, and flows c.650 mi (1,050 km) NW to the Paranaíba River, with which it forms the Paraná River. Its lower course forms part of São Paulo's northern boundary. The huge Furnas Dam... Read more |
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The strange must cease to be the strange: in memoriam Ernst Lange (1927-1974).
...suicide in 1937. Did he wish "to tie together the end and the beginning"? An educator for freedom and companion of Paulo Freire Ernst Lange was a very sensitive and vulnerable person. The marriage of his parents did not succeed. While his father... |