June 1994

CONTENTS:

Cover: Dreaming of the Cup (p. 7)

Tribute: Senna’s very untimely last race (p. 13)

In need of (much) more cells (p. 15)

Child labor (p. 16)

Ecology: Lula and the Amazon (p. 19)

Pantoja’s playful business (p. 22)

It ain’t easy being a soccer fan (p. 25)

About Bye, Bye Soccer and its author (p. 27)

Short story: The art of kicking bottle caps (p. 29)

Book review: Hatoum, a new literary voice (p. 33)

Music: Happy Birthday, sailor Caymmi (p. 36)

Music: Acoustic Gilberto Gil (p. 38)

Travel: Ipanema’s getting younger (p. 40)

DEPARTMENTS:

Rapidinhas (p. 6)

Letters (p. 14)

Brazilian Notas (p. 45)

The Cultural Pulse (p. 46)

Por Aí (p. 47)

Classifieds (p. 49)

USA Calendar (p. 50)

That’s Brazilian (p. 52)

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