Word: chac
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chac. At the Galleria, daily...
...Chac Le Grande Bourgeoise. At the Exeter Theater, daily...
...keeps 40% of the land under water, the rapid change is not appreciated. The oil belongs to Pemex, the state oil monopoly; farmers receive money only for their land and no petroleum royalties. "They are worried that our drilling will ruin their fishing," says a Pemex engineer aboard the Chac, a marine drilling platform named for the Mayan rain god, as two fishermen glide by in a dugout canoe...
...World by Spanish conquistadors. While the Navajo men hunted and raided, the women learned weaving from the tribe's more peaceful neighbors-and frequent victims-the Pueblos. At first they copied Pueblo styles, but they soon developed their own. As early as 1795, Governor Fernando Chacón observed that "they work their wool with more delicacy and taste than the Spaniards...