Article: Shoeshine boy is new president.(News)

Article: Shoeshine boy set for presidency
Scotland on Sunday;  October 27, 2002 ;     525 words ... ... main rival Jose Serra - the centrist candidate of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's coalition - stood at 30 per cent. Fabio Wanderley ... eastern state of Pernambuco reflects how far the former shoeshine boy has come. Lula says he has left behind his radical left ...

Article: Former shoeshine boy to lead Latin America's ...
AP Worldstream;  October 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 00-00-0000 Dateline: SAO PAULO, Brazil From shoeshine boy to union firebrand to the next leader of Latin America ... smooth transition from the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who served two terms and was barred from ...

Article: NOTED WITH: Charity; The Shoeshine Boy
The Washington Post;  November 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Internet time. The kid my housemates call Shoeshine Boy always sits in a doorway near the church ... services. My first real contact with Shoeshine Boy came when he ran up behind me to tell ... teach my kids? The next day, I see Shoeshine Boy standing across the street from his ...

Article: Shoeshine boy turns general; gets honors
Filipino Reporter;  June 12, 2003 ;     580 words ... ... shoeshine box, braving heat or rain. This shoeshine boy has come a long way. Recently, the ... Gen. Rodolfo Alvarado, the former shoeshine boy, for his immeasurable service during ... Alvarado earned his daily allowance as a shoeshine boy in the streets of Tuguegarao. Poorest ...

Article: Shoeshine boy is taking on Peru's smooth talker
The Scotsman;  June 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... presidential run-off tomorrow - but most bets are on an Andean shoeshine boy who made good. Wonderfully eloquent but politically inept ... polls point to a narrow victory for Alejandro Toledo, a shoeshine boy from Cuzco who went on to become a World Bank economist ...

Article: The Shoeshine Boy, in Karma's Way; `Little Buddha' ...
The Washington Post;  May 30, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... But in nothing less than a Cinderella story for the poor shoeshine boy, one of 11 children of a Rajasthani Gypsy who fed his family ... seen from the outside of the stores. The conversion from shoeshine boy to movie star was not always easy. The language barrier ...

A Uighur shoeshine boy wears a mask in hopes of attracting ...
Getty Images;  July 17, 2009 ;     269 words ...FREDERIC J. BROWN Getty Images 07-17-2009 A Uighur shoeshine boy wears a mask in hopes of attracting customers ... Full Size JPG (2049 KB) A Uighur shoeshine boy wears a mask in hopes of attracting customers along a street in the Uighur ...