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Jangada

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A Jangada is a traditional fishing boat (in fact a sailing raft) made of wood used in the northern region of Brazil. [1]

52 relations: Africa, Bill (law), Brazil, Capital city, Ceará, Chicago Tribune, China, Dave Kehr, Feature film, Fluid dynamics, Fortaleza, Getúlio Vargas, Good Neighbor policy, Guyana, HarperCollins, India, It's All True (film), Japan, Lateen, Latin America, Law, Mast (sailing), Minas Gerais, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Neil Hollander, Neolithic, North Region, Brazil, Ochroma, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Orson Welles, Pension, Piauí, President of Brazil, Retirement, Richard Wilson (director), Rio Grande do Norte, RKO Pictures, Social security, The New York Times, This is Orson Welles, Time (magazine), Trade union, Traditional fishing boat, Tupian languages, UCLA Film and Television Archive, Unfinished creative work, University of Michigan, University of Texas Press, Widow, World War II, ..., 1993 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards. Expand index (2 more) »

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Bill (law)

A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Ceará

Ceará (locally in Ceará or in Northeast Region of Brazil the pronunciation is) is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Dave Kehr

Dave Kehr (born 1953) is an American film critic.

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Feature film

A feature film is a film (also called a motion picture or movie) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program.

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Fluid dynamics

In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids - liquids and gases.

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Fortaleza

Fortaleza (locally, Portuguese for Fortress) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil.

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Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who served as President during two periods: the first was from 1930–1945, when he served as interim president from 1930–1934, constitutional president from 1934–1937, and dictator from 1937–1945.

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Good Neighbor policy

The Good Neighbor policy was the foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt towards Latin America.

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Guyana

Guyana (pronounced or), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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It's All True (film)

It's All True is an unfinished Orson Welles feature film comprising three stories about Latin America.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Lateen

A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.

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Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil.

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National Maritime Museum Cornwall

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England.

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Neil Hollander

Neil Hollander (born 1939) is an American writer, film director and producer, journalist and sailor who has sailed across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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North Region, Brazil

The North Region of Brazil (Região Norte do Brasil) is the largest Region of Brazil, corresponding to 45.27% of the national territory.

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Ochroma

Ochroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, containing the sole species Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree.

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Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

The Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, later known as the Office for Inter-American Affairs, was a United States agency promoting inter-American cooperation during the 1940s, especially in commercial and economic areas.

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Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.

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Pension

A pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years, and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments.

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Piauí

Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region.

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President of Brazil

The President of Brazil, officially the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is both the head of state and the head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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Retirement

Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life.

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Richard Wilson (director)

Richard Wilson (December 25, 1915 – August 21, 1991) was an American director, actor, writer and producer closely associated with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre.

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Rio Grande do Norte

Rio Grande do Norte (lit. "Great Northern River", in reference to the mouth of the Potenji River) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent.

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RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company.

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Social security

Social security is "any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income." Social security is enshrined in Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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This is Orson Welles

This is Orson Welles is a 1992 book by Orson Welles (1915–1985) and Peter Bogdanovich that comprises conversations between the two filmmakers recorded over several years, beginning in 1969.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Traditional fishing boat

Traditionally, many different kinds of boats have been used as fishing boats to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river.

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Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

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UCLA Film and Television Archive

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is an internationally renowned visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Unfinished creative work

An unfinished creative work is a painting, novel, musical composition, or other creative work, that has not been brought to a completed state.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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University of Texas Press

The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin.

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Widow

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1993 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 19th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1993, were given on 11 December 1993.

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1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards

28th NSFC Awards January 3, 1994 ---- Best Film: Schindler's List The 28th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1994, honored the best filmmaking of 1993.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jangada

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