Smile, and smile, and be a villain

[davewitley]

Barry:
> > > > "Former dictator Antonio  Oliveira Salazar was chosen as the
> > > > greatest Portuguese of all times by viewers of a TV show.
> > > > Salazar, prime minister of a repressive  right-wing regime
> > > >  also known as the New State from 1932 to 1968, received 
> > > > 41 percent in Sunday evening's final of "Great Portuguese".
> > > > 
> > > > The late leader of the Portuguese Communist Party, Alvaro
> > > > Cunhal, came second with 19 percent of the vote."
> > > > 
Catlady:
> > > Prince Henry the Navigator? Fernando Magellan? Aren't there any
> > > Portuguese great authors? 
CMC:
> Luis de Camoes (1524-1580) is usually ranked as Portugal's greatest 
> author Some rank him as the equal of Homer, Virgil and Dante. (I've 
> not read him, even in translation, so I have no opinion).
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Cam%C3%B5es
> 
> Maybe Portugal's educational system has been imitating America's 
too 
> closely.....

Those were my reactions at first, too (Vasco da Gama?), until I 
meditated on the implications of the phrase "a TV show".  No doubt a 
poll of all Portuguese would come up with something different.

David