JANUARY 98 

CONTENTS:

10

COVER STORY
Law:
Is the new civil code
ready for prime time?

16
Justice:
 
Courts on the
brink of collapse

18
Economy:
 
A very healthy
informal economy

20
Literature:
 
Blacks in
Lobato's fiction

28
Short story:
 
André Charak's
"Eva"
In Portuguese

34 
Travel:
Manaus is not
the Amazon

39 
Music:
 
Carnaval 101,
its history and rhythms 

54 
Special:
 
Jeitinho, the Brazilian 
way to bend rules

DEPARTMENTS:

 
Rapidinhas

 
Letters

 
Best-seller books,
plays & movies

 
Por aí

 
Classifieds

 
Display Ads

 
U.S.A. Calendar

 
That's Brazilian

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