Word: chihuahua
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Adios! The man charged with cutting this new pattern for the oil industry bears a stamp new to Mexican politics. When sad-eyed, ramrod-backed Antonio Bermúdez was treasurer of the state of Chihuahua, an acquaintance went to him and said: "Antonio, my friend, I want to import several carloads of alcohol from the U.S., and if I pay taxes on it it will be very expensive. . . ." Bermúdez usually low-pitched voice rose to a roar: "If I invite you to my house for dinner then you can call me Antonio and call me your friend...
...Hilton string, excluding the Stevens, Plaza, Roosevelt and Town House: the Hilton hotels in El Paso, Lubbock, Plainview, Longview and Abilene, Tex.; the Hilton in Albuquerque, N. Mex.; the Long Beach, Calif. Hilton; the Dayton Biltmore in Ohio; the Rosslyn in Los Angeles, and the Palacio Hilton in Chihuahua, Mexico...
...only two games out of the 21 they have played thus far this season. They have scored 1,418 points for an average of 68 points a game; have twice swamped their opponents with scores of 100 or more. Of course, Al Baggett's boys played teams like Chihuahua State College, but they also played Arkansas, Bradley Tech, De Paul, Long Island University and other notable U.S. basketball teams...
General Rodrigo Quevedo, another old-school warrior, boss of Chihuahua...
...Chihuahua, across the Rio Grande from El Paso and San Antonio, revolt did break out on Independence Day, but it was a fizzler, not a firecracker. Lieut. Colonel Cruz Villalba, defeated Almazanista candidate for Governor, led "between 100 and 700" men into the hills in what the Government described as "a hostile attitude." The Government paid little attention at first, but two days later admitted that a large Federal force under General Antonio Guerrero had taken the field against the rebels. So rugged is the State of Chihuahua that a few well-armed men can carry on guerrilla warfare against...