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Word: ejido (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...desperation when apparatus ran short called out an ancient steam pumper that rumbled through the streets, belching a black column from its smokestack. Mexico's tallest skyscraper, a nearly completed, 17-story office building at the corner of the handsome Paseo de la Reforma and the Avenida del Ejido, shook and cracked as the city rocked. A five-story section of glass and facing stone collapsed, sent rubble crashing down on the sidewalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Earth Moved | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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