Word: aztec
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although they are mountain climbing in Nepal, enjoying siestas in Sevilla, Spain, exploring Aztec ruins in Mexico or savoring crepes in Paris, these adventurers are currently only an e-mail message away...
Despite protests to the contrary, the Aztec "concept" computer Intel showed off last week is strikingly similar to Apple's iMac: it's small and colorful, the trippy case is sealed shut and there's no floppy. Intel hopes the stylish design will lure buyers put off by the drab, hulking PCs sold now. The chipmaker won't actually make the machine, but is prodding PC vendors to do so by late next year...
Appetizers include Tex-Mex standbys like nachos, guacamole and chorizo-studded queso-fundido. However, a few more innovative twists and flair, such as spicy Aztec soup ($2.95), with its thick tomato base brimming with onions, corn, chile and lime, topped with strips of tortilla chips. Smoky Avocado Chipotle Salsa ($3.95) resembles a cross between salsa and chunky guacamole, served with Tostones, which are fried plantain chips. Peel-N-Eat shrimp ($6.95) are an even more unusual addition to a Tex-Mex menu, served with spicy cocktail sauce and a side of salsa fresca. For grease-craving grazers, the Baja Sampler...
...anthropologist Laura Betzig, surveying these early civilizations, has rendered the Darwinian opinion that politics has often been "little more than reproductive competition"--men using power to better spread their genes. The Aztec King Nezahualpilli had more than 100 children, as did Ramses II of Egypt...
Arriving at the Andover Chapel, Aztec dancing made way to the dancing of the Harvard-Radcliffe Ballet Folklorico de Aztlan, who performed before an audience of 50. The group performed two dances, "Colas," about a man who loves a woman and complains about how badly she treats him, and "La Bruja," a dance depicting witches practicing their...