Word: aztec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With only 72 employees and revenues of about $17 million a year, Dallas-based Aztec Oil & Gas Co. seemed an unlikely candidate for widespread investor interest. But as far back as 1971, the company's stock began fluctuating sharply on the New York Stock Exchange. Activity became hectic last year, and in January Aztec became a full-fledged high flyer on the Big Board.On nine days it hit the most-active list: trading volume one day exceeded 400,000 shares, easily outpacing such giants as AT&T and General Motors. More than 3 million Aztec shares changed hands...
...frenzy? Mainly a natural gas producer, Aztec supplies several major pipeline companies, including El Paso and Southern Union. Anticipating deregulation of gas prices, which now seems close (the Senate has passed a bill), the company allowed some of its supply contracts to expire and then bargained to get the highest price possible. Aztec thus 1) positioned itself to cash in on its large untapped gas reserves in New Mexico when prices go up, and 2) put itself a giant step ahead of competitors who are locked into long-term contracts and must deliver at current prices for a while even...
Another popular vacation retreat for students is Yucatan, Mexico, which is attractive for its Aztec ruins and generally unexploited atmosphere...
Made from a cactus-like succulent grown in volcanic soil near the town of Tequila in Jalisco, tequila was probably the first distilled liquor in America; it was an Aztec tipple. Today its staunchest U.S. aficionados are in the West, where generations of visitors to Baja California have knocked back the musty-smelling liquor for a few cents a glass. It is no cheap shot north of the border; prized brands like José Cuervo 1800 and Sauza Conmemorativo sell for $10 to $11 a fifth. Nonetheless, at outlets such as Liquor Castle in Beverly Hills, which sells 20 cases...
Though a few diehards still down tequila the traditional way-straight, with a lick of salt and a wedge of lime-most gringos prefer cocktail variations like the Margarita, made with lime juice and triple sec. Other Aztec ?Oles!: T'n'T (with tonic); Bloody Maria or Mexican Mary (substituting tequila for vodka); Brave Bull (with Kahlua); the Freddy Fudpucker (with orange juice and Galliano); and Cold Gold, a sort of Aztec on the rocks. Tequila will probably never rival bourbon, Scotch, gin or vodka in the U.S. It is additionally appealing in another respect, however. According...