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There is a Portuguese synagogue in Antwerp ; its members, like those of the Sephardic rite synagogues of Brussels, are now predominantly of North African origin, and few if any pre-War families or traditions remain.
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There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.
There is little time for the men in the command centers to reflect about the implications of these clocks.
There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche -- especially within recent decades.
It consists of fragmentary personal revelations, such as `` The Spark '': `` There is a spark dwells deep within my soul.
Harris J. Griston, in Shaking The Dust From Shakespeare ( 216 ), writes: `` There is not a word spoken by Shylock which one would expect from a real Jew ''.
There is probably some significance in the fact that two of the best incest stories I have encountered in recent years are burlesques of the incest myth.
There is evidence to suggest, in fact, that many authors of the humorous sketches were prompted to write them -- or to make them as indelicate as they are -- by way of protesting against the artificial refinements which had come to dominate the polite letters of the South.
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There are three types of epistolary novels: monologic ( giving the letters of only one character, like Letters of a Portuguese Nun ), dialogic ( giving the letters of two characters, like Mme Marie Jeanne Riccoboni's Letters of Fanni Butlerd ( 1757 ), and polylogic ( with three or more letter-writing characters, such as in Bram Stoker's Dracula ).
There is a sizable minority population of European origin, especially Portuguese, as well as Brazilians and other Latin Americans.
Radios and Radio Stations: There are 250, 000 radios ; two twenty-hour FM radio stations, one Portuguese, one Chinese ; and four AM stations.
Televisions and Television Channels: There are 70, 300 television sets ( 1997 estimate ); two television channels: one Portuguese and one Chinese.
There are differences among, amongst others, the Sephardic ( including Spanish and Portuguese ), Teimani ( Yemenite ),
There was much sympathy for the Boers on mainland Europe and in October, President Kruger and members of the Transvaal government left Portuguese East Africa on the Dutch warship De Gelderland, sent by the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina, who had simply ignored the British naval blockade of South Africa.
There are five dams on the Portuguese Douro alone functioning to make the flow of water uniform, generate hydroelectric power, and allow navigation.
There is a verifiable correlation between the chili pepper geographical dissemination and consumption in Asia and the presence of Portuguese traders, India and southeast Asia being obvious examples.
There are Lebanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish bars and various restaurants including Kalinka and l ' Oriental.
There are approximately thirty restaurants in the plaza area, including Italian, Irish, Mexican, Portuguese, Basque, Mediterranean, Himalayan, and French.
There are several Portuguese American Festivals that celebrate the cultural history throughout the year.
There is also a large Moroccan community, and many smaller communities of more recent immigrants including Turks, Macedonians and Portuguese.
There, the Spaniards obtained spices and gold after convincing the natives that they were not Portuguese.
There were also reports sent to Beijing by Canton officials stating that the Portuguese were bothersome foreigners who sought to build their own trading post.
There are closer female-line relatives of Manuel II of Portugal ( who according to the Constitutional Charter of 1826 have succession rights ), but none of these has Portuguese nationality ( which was required by the Constitutional Charter for succession to the throne ); and so far none has made any active claim to the throne.
There, Soult failed to attack Wellington despite a 80, 000 to 65, 000 superiority of numbers, and the British army retired to the Portuguese frontier.
There, in the " Land Beyond ", Araribóia founded the Village of Saint Lawrence of the Indians ( in Portuguese, Vila de São Lourenço dos Índios ), the embryo for the future city of Niterói, a Tupi name that means " Hidden Waters ".
There is also a high percentage of Brazilians of Jewish descent ( 10, 000, 000-30, 000, 000 ), mostly found in the northeast of the country who cannot be sure of their ancestry as they descend from the so-called " Crypto-Jews " ( Jews who practiced Judaism in secret while outwardly pretending to be Catholics, also called Marranos or New-Christians, often considered Portuguese ); according to some sources, 1 out of every 3 families to arrive there from Portugal during the colonization was of Jewish origin.
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