April 1993

    CONTENTS:

    Cover: On the new orthography front (p. 7)

    Carnaval: The best sambas-enredo (p. 13)

    How do you spell new car in Brazil? B-u-g (p. 16)

    President, Prime Minister or a King. A referendum (p. 17)

    Book review: O Retrato do Rei (The King’s Portrait) (p. 18)

    Indians: Et tu, Caiapó? (p. 19)

    Crime & punishment: The death dilemma (p. 21)

    Football who? Will the US ever love soccer? (p. 22)

    Our L.A. Marathon – Brazil number 1 and 2 (p. 22)

    Comics: from risky to risqué (p. 23)

    Music: Castro-Carioca-Neves (p. 27)

    Music: Supla’s time (p. 28)

    Travel: A country named Bahia (p. 31)

    Tourism: Brasília = modern (p. 32)

    DEPARTMENTS:

    Rapidinhas (p. 6)

    Letters (p. 12)

    The Cultural Pulse (p. 34)

    Por aí (p. 35)

    Los Angeles Calendar (p. 38)

    San Francisco Calendar (p. 39)

    That’s Brazilian(p. 40)

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