Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Not Possible. A man of rigid habits, "Gianni" Bucher had left his house in a residential section of Rio at precisely 8:45 a.m., and followed precisely the same route he always took for the 15-minute trip downtown to the Swiss embassy. As his big Buick cruised down a...
The generals who have run South America's biggest country since 1964 could only agree. The military government has gone all out to break the guerrillas, who have been bombing barracks, robbing banks and snatching diplomats for the last two years. Still, the mayhem goes on. Kidnapers have seized...
In Bucher's case, the price−like the price of almost everything in Brazil−has risen precipitously. Bucher's captors, members of the V.P.R. (for Popular Revolutionary Vanguard), a Sao Paulo-based group credited with the Japanese and West German kidnapings, demanded the release of 70...
Beginning Backfire. Brazil's city terrorists have long been trying to provoke the generals into the sort of crackdown that could lead to chaos and revolution. In response, the regime has set aside the constitution, fired the legislature, ruled by decree, tortured suspected terrorists and canceled the political rights...
Six years after the generals ousted President Joao Goulart's chaotic civilian regime and set out to reshape the country, they can at last point to some solid accomplishments. Exports are at record levels, and the economy is booming. Inflation still plagues Brazil, but it has been reduced from...