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Word: astrolift (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...park is circumscribed by a narrow-gauge railway, crossed by a 350-yard "Astrolift," and subdivided topically into six sections: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the U.S., representing Texas history, its rise to freedom, and its eventual return to foreign domination. As in Anaheim and The Bronx, river boats are caught in rifle crossfire and nearly clobbered by beaver-felled trees, but Six Flags is no mere copy. Typically, the roofs of the train cars are titanic sombreros, a giant stuffed bull shaves past an overgrown matador, and landscapers have turned a Texas-sized swamp into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectacles: Under Nothin | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

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