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sexta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2010
Mafalda
The comica series Mafalda is a singular phenomenon in Latin America. It was created by de Argentinean cartoonist Quino. Mafalda first appeared in the weekly Primera Plana in 1964 and continued in many newspapers before Quino discontinued the series in 1973. However, it wasn't the end of Mafalda. More than twenty years later, Mafalda is still very popular throughout Latin America .
sexta-feira, 17 de setembro de 2010
The Beatles

The Beatles achieved UK mainstream success in late 1962 with their first single, "Love Me Do". Gaining international popularity over the course of the next year, they toured extensively until 1966, then retreated to the recording studio until their breakup in 1970. Each then found success in an independent musical career. McCartney and Starr remain active; Lennon was shot and killed in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001.
WALT DISNEY
Walt Elias Disney (Chicago, Illinois, December 5, 1901 - Los Angeles, California, December 15, 1966), was a producer, director, writer and entertainer. He was the founder, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, The Walt Disney Company, a company that currently generates annual revenues of 30,000 million dollars, and the main architect of a distinctive style of animated films. Walt Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 and had the typical childhood of the son of a farmer. His father, Elias Disney (1859-1941), of Irish ancestry, had come to the U.S. and had settled in Chicago soon after his marriage to schoolteacher Flora Call (1868-1938), in 1888. Walt was born in 1901, the fourth of five children of the marriage. The hits were identified by Disney: Mickey Mousse, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, etc. Since the '40s, Disney had the idea to build an amusement park for its employees and their families had fun in their spare time. Over time, this rather modest project would grow to become Disneyland,1966.
NELSON MANDELA
Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela (Mvezo, July 18, 1918), known in his country as Madiba, was the first democratically elected South African president by universal suffrage and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage, and other charges, to life imprisonment. Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of which was confined in prison on Robben Island. After his release on February 11, 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations for a multiracial democracy in South Africa, which was achieved in 1994 with the first democratic elections by universal suffrage. Mandela won the elections and was president from 1994-1999, often giving priority to reconciliation.
In South Africa, Mandela is known as Madiba, an honorary title bestowed by the elders of Mandela's clan.
Mandela has received more than 250 international awards and recognition for four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
In South Africa, Mandela is known as Madiba, an honorary title bestowed by the elders of Mandela's clan.
Mandela has received more than 250 international awards and recognition for four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
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