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Word: corcuera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Jose Yves Liman-tour III, grandson of Diaz' nimble-witted Secretary of Treasury, conducts the Jalapa Symphony Orchestra (TIME, Oct. 4); his father, Guillermo Limantour, is Mexico City's top real-estate operator, and owns large chunks of Avenida Juarez. Rivaling Guillermo in real estate is Pedro Corcuera, the sugar king of Jalisco, who saw the Revolution coming, cannily swapped his country estates for city holdings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Old Guard | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

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