Word: calaveras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Staid Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 61, is a new kind of President; he is neither a general nor a lawyer, but a bureaucrat. His nickname is Cara de Calavera, or Skullface; though he looks like Actor Boris Karloff, in his make-up there is a little Milquetoast: in movies, he obeys no-smoking rules even when everyone around him is puffing away. His favorite pastime is dominoes, though he also likes to watch baseball and stroll to street-corner stands to sip tamarind juice...
With the nomination of Ruiz Cortínez, the solid citizens of PRI's leadership swung away from the flashy playboyism of handsome Miguel Alemán. Greying, frail and 58, with a strong facial resemblance to Boris Karloff (his nickname is Cara de Calavera-Skullface), Ruiz Cortínez is a far cry from the magnetic type traditionally admired by Mexicans. Said a political reporter last week, "Mexico is now going to get a Coolidge...
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