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...itself was staging a walkout. Its strike was to protest the massive rallies that have stymied its every move and the military's inability to guarantee its security to govern. The action meant that the 15-member Cabinet would no longer show up for work until President Francisco da Costa Gomes managed to restore discipline to the armed forces...
Most of the refugees were Portuguese dirt farmers who went to Africa looking for a better life than the miserable existence offered by the rocky slopes of northern Portugal. Few got rich. About 10% are black or of mixed blood. Last week Maria da Silva Caldeira, 48, a widow who had been a washerwoman in Angola, sat disconsolately in a hangar surrounded by her ten children. "I did not have an easy time in Angola, but this is worse," she said. "They have spoiled our lives...
...that offensive line, anchored by Tom "da Beef" Benneditto--"the skinny man on the squad," Byrne says--and Bob "the Bear" Murray, have sent chills down the spines of other House defensive front fours...
...They said that of Leonardo da Vinci," McInally answers...
They said da Vinci was too lanky...