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Queensborough Community College (CUNY) - FALL 2010 | ||
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The Seduction of Brazil: The Americanization of Brazil during World War II (Llilas Translations from Latin America) (9th Edition) by Antonio Pedro Tota, Lorena B. Ellis (Translator), Daniel J. Greenberg (Foreword) Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-292-72352-0 / 0292723520 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72352-8 / 9780292723528 Following completion of the U.S. air base in Natal, Brazil, in 1942, U.S. airmen departing for North Africa during World War II communicated with Brazilian mechanics with a thumbs-up before starting their engines. This sign soon replaced the Brazilian tradition of touching the earlobe to indicate ag |