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...When Cortés and his fellow conquistadors first glimpsed Tenochtitlán, they had every reason to be astonished. Built on an island in Lake Texcoco, it was a thriving metropolis with a population of perhaps 200,000, larger than any European city at the time. It was divided into quadrants, each symbolizing a corner of the world. In the center of this cosmos was a complex of temples, the heart and soul of Aztec life. The largest, some 15 stories high, as tall as many European cathedrals, was a stepped pyramid topped by two shrines-one dedicated...
...Though Cortés and other Spaniards - in particular, priest scholars - sent home vivid, sometimes exaggerated descriptions and drawings of the Great Temple, it soon became little more than a fading memory. Over the ruins of the Aztec capital, modern Mexico City began to grow. Above the sacred precincts rose such major buildings as the National Cathedral, the National Palace and the Supreme Court of Justice. Except for an occasional reminder of its presence with the discovery of a stray Aztec artifact, the Great Temple was virtually forgotten. Even its precise location was not known...
...stone, in almost perfect condition, created a sensation. A rumor spread through Mexico City that the workers had found the long-lost treasure of Moctezuma II, the ill-fated Aztec Emperor who was imprisoned by Cortées. But the find turned out to be even more important. Spurred by concerned archaeologists, the Mexican government authorized a systematic excavation of the old temple. During 4½ years of methodical work under the direction of Archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (no kin), the diggers uncovered all four of the Great Temple's sides, discovering that it was a far more complex...
Joan Collins and Farley Granger were singing. Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon were singing. Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, Don Ameche and Alice Faye, Howard Keel and Jane Powell: all raised their voices in joyous song. But Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton were struck dumb, doing their best to look as if they'd just slid down a laundry chute into the Twilight Zone...
...longest line of new cars this fall belongs to Ford. The No. 2 carmaker is adding four-door versions of its small E cort and Lynx cars, as well as a scaled-down model of the Lincoln Continental that will sell for about $21,000. The trim new luxury car, which gets 17 m.p.g. in city driving, is intended to draw drivers away from sporty foreign cars like Mer cedes and BMW. Beams Ford Chairman Philip Caldwell: "I've personally sold half a dozen of them already...