File on ... Brazil

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Brazil is a country of 8.5 million square kilometers, a nation of Internet users and poverty-stricken people living in huge cities amid vast jungles and wetlands. The planned capital city of Brasilia remains an architectural wonder, while the hills of centuries-old Rio de Janeiro are dotted with shanty towns known as favelas. Besides the native Indian groups, the country also has large German and Japanese populations. Major projects and innovations include the Golden Coast tourist resort area, Itau bank's on-line system, TV Globo's education project, the SCD environmental data collection satellites, and the Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, the world's largest

Travel industry, Demographic aspects, Economic development, Brazil, Description and travel, Urban economics, Telecommunications, South American native peoples, Native South Americans, Hydroelectric power plants, Rain forest ecology, Telecommunication, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City)

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A reporter in China: Charles Taylor was an author and horseman

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Taylor died in Jul 1997 at age 62 of cancer. As a foreign correspondent for 'The Globe and Mail,' Taylor reported on dissent within China. Taylor also wrote five books and a play and owned a horse that won the Breeders Cup.

Authors, Obituary, Writers, Foreign correspondents, Taylor, Charles McArthur

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How cost-effective is DSM?

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Demand-side management (DSM) is a technique used by electric utilities to help reduce customer usage and costs. An evaluation of the financial aspects of DSM and how they affect the utility is provided.

Electric utilities, Prices and rates, Electricity, Peak load pricing

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