"The Goose"

Gustavo and his antics!!

June 27th 2006
I ended up watching the game at home for the first time. Silvestre has a TV room set up with a projector and a screen that automatically rolls down from a slot in the ceiling. A pretty sweet set-up if you ask me. The game was a bit ealier than the others, at 12:00 noon, so we only worked until 11:00 and then we had the rest of the day off. I ate so much for lunch that day that I was nearly ... read more

South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais » Belo Horizonte

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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Daniel Leidl

Circumlocutorily

Days before leaving to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on an IAESTE internship program a good friend of mine, Hugh, wrote in to Rex Murphy's Cross Country Check-up. He commented on the disagreement between the Prime Minister and the Ottawa Press Gallery using the word "circumlocutorily" (sound it out) to express the way Stephen Harper answered the press's questions. The word stumped Mr. Murphy, quoting "I'll have to get back to you on that one." It reminded me of all the beating around the bush, to put it in layman's terms, leading up to my internship and I thought it a fitting choice for the tit... full info

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