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Except for two periods in the U.S. as a bracero, Canuto has spent his life near Toluca, 41 miles west of Mexico City. There, on 2½ acres of land inherited from his father, some 30 minutes' walk from the casita he has built with his U.S. earnings, Canuto grows the maize that helps keep his family alive. But there is not maize enough; to keep all the Linerios in tortillas the year through, Canuto must work part time as a bricklayer...
Early one morning last week Canute Linerio, a Solemn Indian of 46, set out again for Mexico City to look for work. Leaving his wife Margarita and two children, José, 10, and Consuelo, 13, in their tiny casita on the outskirts of Toluca, Canute boarded the Red Arrow bus, paid 31? fare to ride in to the capital. There, as he had done before, he read the "advices of opportunity" in the newspapers, spelling each word out slowly to himself...
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