TOPIC
By Laurie Goering | June 27, 1999
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chicago, I'll admit, has no shortage of wildlife. .....Raccoons rattle the garbage cans in back alleys. Beady-eyed opossums take up furtive residence in garages. Occasionally, the odd coyote makes a wrong turn off the banks of the Chicago River and ends up skulking through Lincoln Park.Nowhere, however, does the urban wildlife match that in Brazil. And if you think living in the country with the world's greatest biodiversity is a treat, wait until it all sneaks into the living room with you.One evening as I was sprawled on the couch, chatting on the telephone, an enormous black creature the size of a raven swept in through the sliding glass doors and began flying panicked laps of the living room, looking for a way out. Eventually, I spotted a furry face -- a bat!
NEWS
March 17, 1998
Tim Maia, 55, an unconventional musician who was acclaimed the king of Brazilian soul music, died Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from a generalized infection. He was known for an energetic style of vocal soul samba, using his raspy trademark voice.Marvin A. Davis, 87, who helped plan Disney theme parks and won an Emmy for art direction, died Sunday in Santa Monica, Calif.Pub Date: 3/17/98
NEWS
By Knight-Ridder News Service | February 15, 1996
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Several dozens died -- among them eight children -- with smashed skulls or smothered under falling LTC mud and trash. Shacks slipped from cliffs. Whole neighborhoods were blocked off, leaving thousands stranded, and scores of schools and businesses closed.The culprit: rain -- nearly 12 inches in some parts of the city on Tuesday alone.The worst storm in 25 years left the "Marvelous City" in chaos yesterday, with residents stalled in traffic, stumbling in the dark and cursing officials who have acknowledged their helplessness to stem the devastation.
FEATURES
By Kerry Luft and Laurie Goering | January 28, 1996
Sometimes, it seems as if there are two Rios.One is the mecca of sand, sex and samba that for decades has lured tourists from all over the globe and sent them home sunburned and satiated. Its Carnival, which this year is Feb. 18-21, is justifiably world famous. As any resident, or Carioca, would tell you, it is truly the "Cidade Maravilosa," or marvelous city.The other Rio is more sinister. On average, 20 people a day are killed, while nearly a dozen people are kidnapped each month.Stories and statistics like those have in recent years scared hundreds of thousands of tourists away from Rio de Janeiro.
NEWS
November 19, 1994
Renato Boscoli, 65, a composer who was one of the creators of Brazil's bossa nova music, has died after a battle with cancer, a spokesman for a Rio de Janeiro hospital said yesterday. He worked closely with Rio Brazilian composers Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra in the 1950s to develop the bossa nova sound.Don A. Schanche, 68, a foreign correspondent, author and editor who covered the birth of the American space program and most of the world's conflicts in the last 40 years, died of cancer Thursday in Key Biscayne, Fla.
NEWS
By Los Angeles Times | October 30, 1994
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Crime-weary parishioners in Masses throughout this staunchly Catholic city will utter a special prayer today from their archbishop asking for divine help to "stop the climate of insecurity in the city" where daily more than 20 people are murdered, four kidnapped and hundreds robbed or otherwise assaulted.While Archbishop Eugenio Sales has plenty of faith in heavenly intervention, he also thinks it might help if the federal government also brought out M-16s, machine guns and heavy artillery.
NEWS
By Los Angeles Times | May 4, 1992
UNITED NATIONS -- The Bush administration has decided to embrace a compromise proposal calling for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and President Bush has telephoned several European leaders this weekend to tell them "we're on board," according to White House officials.The flurry of telephone calls yesterday by Mr. Bush to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other European leaders was described by some administration officials as part of a pressure campaign to urge the U.S. allies to support the plan, which is more modest than the Europeans had endorsed.
FEATURES
By New York Times News Service > | April 5, 1992
Federal, state and municipal authorities in Rio de Janeiro are trying to reverse a fall in the number of foreign tourists who visit the city and to preserve its position as Brazil's leading visitor center.The fact that Rio will be the host of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, known as the Earth Summit, from June 3 to 15, has also encouraged various projects to improve the city's tourism infrastructure.Security improvements are being made in all main tourist areas, with new police cars, small police stations and a greater police presence on the beaches and streets of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon.
BUSINESS
By David Conn | December 17, 1992
If it ain't broke,why not clone it?What do you do when one of your more successful mutual funds attracts the attention of wealthy individual investors? You "clone" it, with a money management product that uses the investment strategy of the mutual fund, but provides the individualized attention that wealthy investors demand.That, at any rate, is what Kyle P. Legg has done.As senior vice president of Legg Mason Capital Management, Ms. Legg has been doing equities research, especially for Legg Mason's Special Investment Trust.
FEATURES
By New York Times News Service | March 1, 1992
Q: Where can I get information on summer employment on a cruise ship?A: Cruise lines are busiest when children are out of school -- Christmas, Easter and in the summer -- so summer is a good time for employment on a ship, according to Mary Fallon Miller, author of "How to Get a Job on a Cruise Line." The book is available for $12.95, plus $2.50 for postage, from Ticket to Adventure, P.O. Box 41005, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33743, (800) 800-8466. It describes the jobs available and provides profiles of the major cruise lines, their ships, their facilities and programs offered passengers, whom to contact for jobs and tips for job seekers.