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  Getúlio Vargas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vargas would develop in response a sort of legal hybrid between the regimes of Mussolini's Italy and Salazar's Portuguese Estado Novo, copied repressive fascist tactics, and conveyed their same rejection of liberal capitalism, but attained power bearing few indications of his future quasi-fascist polices.
Vargas forced the Brazilian Congress to respond to the growth of the Aliança Nacional Libertadora (ANL), a leftist collation led by the Communist Party and Luís Carlos Prestes.
Vargas made a final effort, calling a ministry special meeting on the eve of August 24, but rumors had spread that the armed forces officers were inflexible.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Get%C3%BAlio_Vargas   (2339 words)

  
 Vargas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Named after Venezuela's first non-military president and doctor José María Vargas, the Estado Vargas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided.
Located in the north of Venezuela it borders Estado Aragua to the west, estado Miranda to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Metropolitan District to the south.
Vargas State covers a total surface area of 1,497 km².
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vargas   (175 words)

  
 Alberto Vargas Biography
Vargas was profoundly influenced by his technique and his approach to the female figure.
Vargas was summoned to England in 1916 to begin his apprenticeship with a major English photography house.
Vargas was probably the only artist up to the task and Smart responded to his good fortune in finding him by taking every advantage possible of the man. In Vargas, by Alberto Vargas and Reid Austin, the original contract is reprinted in full and is shocking in its lopsidedness.
www.bpib.com /illustra2/vargas.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Vargas
Vargas testified that upon expressing concern about the foregoing disclaimer, Olson of the Human Resources Department assured him that nothing was changing regarding termination or length of employment, and that he signed the disclaimer in reliance on that oral guarantee.
Vargas alleges a breach of his employment contract based upon two theories: (1) that the alleged misconduct for which he was terminated did not amount to good cause; and (2) that Southwest wrongfully failed to apply progressive discipline procedures prior to his termination.
Vargas presented evidence that immediate termination did not result in five other cases of sexual harassment at Southwest, but, as Southwest notes, the district court excluded foundational facts from the other cases, including the specific allegations of misconduct and the strength and credibility of the witnesses.
www.lesstovall.com /vargas.htm   (5518 words)

  
 GETULIO VARGAS AND THE ESTADO NOVO
Getulio Vargas was born in 1882 in the southern-most state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, a state of cattle ranching and gauchos.
Vargas was one of the leaders of this army.
Vargas was nominated for senator and for congressman in several constituencies without his seeking those nominations.
www2.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/vargas.htm   (2353 words)

  
 Missouri School of Journalism: Profiles in Success: Elizabeth Vargas '84
Vargas, BJ '84, was hired as a reporter at a small television station in Reno, Nev., upon graduation and quickly was moved to the anchor slot.
Vargas' solution was to focus on her natural strengths, and she became determined to be the best reporter in her market.
Vargas says the balance of a career and family has been very hard for her and her husband, but that she really loves being a mother.
journalism.missouri.edu /alumni/elizabeth-vargas-84.html   (757 words)

  
 Vargas
Alberto Vargas is perhaps the best known and most respected of all the pin-up girl artists.
However, Vargas soon decided that Europe during World War I was not the healthiest place to be and so traveled to New York in 1916.
Vargas was to produce his artwork well into the 1970's, however it is generally held that his best work was during the period 1940 to 1947.
www.btinternet.com /~brmerc/vargas/Vargas.html   (210 words)

  
 Mariachi Vargas | Historia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Gaspar Vargas turned the leadership of Mariachi Vargas over to his son, Silvestre, and as the first step in his reorganization decided to enlarge the group to eight musicians.
The Mariachi Vargas was something of an oddity in the early 1930's — the members were all dressed in charro suits, they showed up on time for performances, and they were sober.
In 2003 Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan is in its fifth generation and with their activity and antiquity in their group both musically and as performers we can affirm that this generation is the best prepared.
mariachivargas.com.mx /history.html   (1447 words)

  
 Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, but from ages one to then he lived in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where he was brought up by his mother and maternal grandparents after his parents separated.
Vargas Llosa was defeated by Alberto Fujimori, an agricultural engineer of Japanese descent, also a political novice, but who had a more straightforward agenda to present to the voters.
One of Vargas Llosa's own obsessions is the conflict between a father and son, which he has approached from the private level or from more universal or social levels.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /vargas.htm   (2040 words)

  
 Vargas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
According to research carried out by Dr. Marilene Cristina Vargas, out of 184 diagnoses of sexual dysfunction’s, 79 cases related to premature ejaculation, of which 53 were patients under 40 years of age, the majority averaging 26 years of age.
Marilene Vargas: ‘‘A general medical assessment of the patient must be made before starting treatment’’.
Marilene Vargas states that Viagra produces several erections within a four hour period but doesn't alter the duration or the quality of the hardness of the penis.
www.vargas.com.br /midiaenglish.htm   (3387 words)

  
 Player Bio: John Vargas :: Men's Water Polo
Vargas came to The Farm from Southern California where he was the head coach for the boy's water polo and swim program at Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach.
Vargas was the head coach of the United States Men's National Team (1997-2000).
Vargas graduated from UC Irvine with a degree in Social Science.
gostanford.cstv.com /sports/m-wpolo/mtt/vargas_john00.html   (361 words)

  
 Pin-up Art from The Pin-up Files [Alberto Vargas Image Gallery] : Art Archive and Store
Vargas' first encounter with America happened about noon at Broadway and Fourteenth Street, when he was suddenly surrounded by a lunchtime crowd of smartly dressed office workers.
Vargas was immediately hired as a replacement for George Petty, whose contract was to expire in December 1941.
Vargas painted only two front- cover images for Playboy during his long reign as the magazine's primary artist: a cut-out figure of a girl in a bathing suit that was part of a montage created by art director Reid Austin in 1961 and the cover for the March 1965 issue.
www.thepinupfiles.com /vargas1.html   (1417 words)

  
 HBO: Boxing: Event: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas: DE LA HOYA-VARGAS POST-FIGHT ANALYSIS
Even as Vargas was carrying the early rounds it appeared as if like the pyromaniac who had sneezed on his last match, he was blowing his last chance.
As Vargas stumbled from one corner and into another still badly hurt, it was there that De La Hoya unleashed nearly twenty unanswered shots rocking the head of Vargas who stood dazed in the corner with barely enough stamina left to keep his hands up.
Vargas visited the hospital after the fight for a precautionary checkup and was not involved in any immediate post fight interviews.
www.hbo.com /boxing/events/2002/0914_delahoya_vargas/columns/index.html   (1345 words)

  
 Vargas Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
A tyrant's last days are the focus of this magisterial, long-awaited novel, as Mario Vargas Llosa recounts the end of a regime in the Dominican Republic and the terrible birth of a democracy.
Vargas Llosa's native Peru; the setting, the near future, in which the country has become a battleground for the major world powers.
In 1990, Mario Vargas Llosa decided to run for the presidency of his native Peru, campaigning on a platform of economic reform and stringent counterterrorism against the Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Vargas   (1058 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mosley, Vargas feel there's something to prove in rematch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Vargas' eye was swollen shut by the seventh round of their fight in February, and the referee finally stopped it and declared Mosley the winner in the 10th after he landed several hard blows to Vargas' head.
Despite Vargas' vision being impaired, Mosley was barely ahead through the first nine rounds, up by one point on two judges' cards and trailing by a point on the other.
Vargas was stopped by Felix Trinidad in 2000 and Oscar De La Hoya in 2002.
www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2006-05-10-vargas-mosley_x.htm?csp=34&ord=8   (565 words)

  
 ABC News anchor Elizabeth Vargas pregnant - Boston.com
Vargas and her husband, singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, are expecting their second child in late summer, they announced Friday.
Vargas, who with John Stossel also co-anchors the ABC newsmagazine "20/20," will continue to anchor both programs through late summer.
Vargas, 43, and Woodruff, 44, debuted as "World News Tonight" co-anchors Jan. 3.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2006/02/10/abc_news_anchor_elizabeth_vargas_pregnant   (313 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Vargas eyes rest, De La Hoya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Vargas (26-2, 22 knockouts) was scheduled to challenge Castillejo (58-6, 40 KOs) for the WBC super welterweight belt, but the governing body stripped Castillejo of the belt on May 31 for refusing to fight Mayorga.
Vargas' management seems more interested in a rematch with De La Hoya, who took the WBA junior middleweight from Vargas with an 11th-round TKO in September 2002.
Vargas tested positive for steroid use, which led to a nine-month suspension, $100,000 fine and the firing of his nutritionist and strength coach.
www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2005-08-21-vargas-future_x.htm?csp=34   (562 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The War of the End of the World: Books: Mario Vargas Llosa,Helen R. Lane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Vargas Llosa is acutely aware of this, and he conveys it in his story splendidly, without preaching, without agendas, without aloofness and without letting you put down the book.
Vargas Llosa's gripping 1981 book is a fictionalized history of Canudos, the community in the dry interior of Brazil that was utterly wiped out by the Brazilian army in 1897.
Vargas Llosa is less sympathetic to the military's point of view, depicting Canudos as a safe haven for those rejected by society, by sweethearts, employers, or the church.
www.amazon.com /War-World-Mario-Vargas-Llosa/dp/0140262601   (1910 words)

  
 Alberto Vargas / Varga
Vargas’ career was, in many aspects, one that paralleled the fortunes of fellow illustrator George Petty.
Vargas’ name, signature-wise, was changed to “Varga” by publisher David Smart so Esquire could contractually exercise more control over its pin-up “product” (didn't want another Petty on their hands).
Vargas was so loyal during his Playboy years that he turned down virtually all outside opportunities.
americanartarchives.com /vargas.htm   (321 words)

  
 AfterEllen.com - The Life and Music of Mexican Legend Chavela Vargas
In the late 1950s and early 1960s in Mexico, singer Chavela Vargas dressed in men’s clothes, drank and smoked cigars like any man, carried a gun with her, and was notorious for her love of women.
Born in Costa Rica in 1919, Vargas suffered from polio and blindness as a child, and has claimed that she was cured by shamans—a fitting beginning for someone who eventually became one of Mexico’s best-known and best-loved singing legends.
In her performances, Vargas dressed in traditionally masculine clothing and openly seduced women in the audience with Mexican folksongs—ranchera music—originally intended to be sung by men.
www.afterellen.com /People/2005/1/chavelavargas.html   (519 words)

  
 ABC News: 'World News Tonight' Co-Anchor Elizabeth Vargas Expecting
Vargas and Cohn have a son Zachary, 3, and Cohn has two children from a previous marriage Max, 14, and Emily 11.
Vargas shared the news with her "World News Tonight" colleagues today, saying: "This is joyous news for Marc and our family.
Vargas, 43, and Woodruff, 44, debuted as co-anchors of ABC News' evening newscast in January 2006.
www.abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=1602691   (263 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Baby boy for ABC's Elizabeth Vargas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC newswoman Elizabeth Vargas and her husband, singer Marc Cohn, are parents again, of another boy.
Vargas and the baby, named Samuel Wyatt, are "doing incredible," said ABC representative Alyssa Apple, in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Charles Gibson became the sole anchor, replacing Vargas and Bob Woodruff, who was injured in Iraq earlier in the year.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2006-08-16-vargas-baby_x.htm?csp=34   (216 words)

  
 ABC News: Vargas, Woodruff Named Co-Anchors of Expanded Version of ABC's 'World News Tonight'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Vargas will remain co-anchor of ABC News' "20/20." For the past several years, she has also been a regular substitute anchor of "World News Tonight," and, since April 2005, has filled in on the broadcast a part of each week.
She was also the anchor of "World News Tonight Sunday." As an award-winning anchor and correspondent, Vargas has traveled the world covering breaking news stories, reporting in-depth investigations and conducting newsmaker interviews.
Vargas anchored ABC News coverage of live, breaking news stories including the deaths of President Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy Jr.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=1373524   (1080 words)

  
 BookRags: Mario Vargas Llosa Biography
The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist, critic, journalist, screenwriter, and essayist, abandoned writing at least temporarily in 1990 to run unsuccessfully for president of his country.
Fearful that his son was in danger of losing his virility because of his passion for writing, Vargas Llosa's father shipped him off to Leoncio Prado, an institution that the author described as half reform school and half college, run by fanatics of military discipline.
Vargas Llosa's next two novels were The Green House (1969), a magical realistic tale of an enchanted whorehouse, and Conversation in the Cathedral (1969), a 601-page narrative of the moral depravity of life in Peru during the 1950s under dictator Manuel Odria.
www.bookrags.com /biography/mario-vargas-llosa   (1308 words)

  
 Jason Vargas : USAToday.com - Jason Vargas Biography from USAToday.com
Vargas' stay figures to be a short one, as the club would probably prefer to have him starting games in Triple-A than relieving in the majors.
ET Triple-A Albuquerque's Jason Vargas was removed from his start after three innings last night due to a right oblique strain.
Vargas gave up three runs in 11 2/3 innings in his first two starts after being demoted, but his struggles yesterday likely eliminated what chance there was of a quick return to the majors.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=4117   (296 words)

  
 The National Association of Hispanic Journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Vargas is currently co-anchor of ABC’s “20/20” and will continue to work in that position.
Vargas for all the hard work that’s gotten her this far,” said Iván Román, NAHJ’s executive director.
Vargas and Woodruff will debut in their new positions on ABC’s Tuesday, January 3 broadcast.
www.nahj.org /nahjnews/articles/2005/november/vargas.shtml   (228 words)

  
 GETULIO VARGAS
Getulio Dornelles Vargas was born in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, on April 19, 1883.
Fighting against strong oppositions to his policies, on November 10, 1937, Vargas seized absolute power through the "Estado Novo" during which he favored the Labor Laws, the minimum wage, the employment stability and the Social Security.
The victory of the democratic nations jeopardized the dictatorial regime of Vargas who was overthrown in 1945.
psg.com /~walter/getulio.html   (1220 words)

  
 Vargas
in Iraq, coanchor Elizabeth Vargas is preparing to take a leave of absence of her own--albeit for a much happier reason.
The 44-year-old Vargas will stick with her World News Tonight duties for the next few months.
News of the pregnancy caps a difficult year for Vargas and Cohn.
www.bottomlinecom.com /vargas.htm   (350 words)

  
 Claudio Vargas : Rotoworld.com - Claudio Vargas Biography from Rotoworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Claudio Vargas was shaky for five innings Wednesday as he suffered his ninth loss of the year.
Vargas, 10-9, absorbed his first defeat in five outings as he gave up six hits, three runs and three walks with three strikeouts.
Vargas' big hit today followed an intentional walk to Chris Snyder and gave the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead in the fifth.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=3664   (713 words)

  
 Biography of Cardinal Vargas Alzamora (Deceased)
In his pastoral work, Vargas Alzamora worked tirelessly as director of the Marian Congregation, and as spiritual director of young students, whom he often brought to visit the poorest slums of Lima so that they could be directly aware of what social injustice means.
Positions Cardinal Vargas has held in the Society of Jesus included: teacher of novices, Rector of the School of the Immaculate Conception, and Provincial Delegate for Education.
He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II during the Consistory of November 26, 1994.
www.catholic-pages.com /hierarchy/cardinal_vargas_alzamora.asp   (143 words)

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