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...hopeful. Education activist Paulo Freire spent decades struggling to give children a voice in his native Brazil. Despite a lifetime of failing to achieve his goals, facing exile and accusations, he remained hopeful for the future of the children of his country. "After all," Freire writes, "without hope there is little we can do. It will be hard to struggle on, and when we fight as hopeless or despairing persons, our struggle will be suicidal." Be hopeful and instill a sense of hope and high expectations in the children around...
Indeed Kasparov, who a few weeks ago single-handedly took on the entire national chess team of Brazil, was so confident of winning that he rejected the offer that the $500,000 purse be split 60-40 between winner and loser. Kasparov insisted on winner-take-all. They settled on 80-20. (What, by the way, does Deep Blue do with its 100-grand purse? New chips...
Lawrence cited Marian cults in Yugoslavia and the rise of Pentecostalism in Brazil as examples of the global shift toward fundamentalist religions...
Lawrence predicted that "markedly particularistic cultures that will not give up their particularity" may continue to instigate religious conflict in unstable regions like Yugoslavia, the Middle East and Brazil...
...seem as though it were run by so many Roman Catholic schoolgirls. In Japan--where TV programming is virtually unregulated and concerns about media amorality are scant--prime-time TV is a mixed menu of soft-core porn, bloodletting drama and violent animation. Log some viewing time in Brazil, and you will find erotic soaps and specials featuring naked women dancing the samba in heels and sparkling body paint. This kind of spectacle could just as easily turn up on European TV, where nudity, sex and tastelessness are also unavoidable. Consider The Word, a lewd late-night variety show that...