Word: hacienda
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...terraces that stretch across the face of the slope and 1,000 feet up, as impressive as any of the more frequently visited ruins. Clouds dip in over the peaks across the valley as I sit listening to my guide speak of growing up as an Indian under the hacienda system, a form of feudalism first put in place by the Spaniards...
...were seeking a higher office. He earns points for talking tough to a figure whose negative ratings compete with those of Newt Gingrich; but what if his ruse actually works? How is Ambassador Weld to run for a higher office from the porch of his Mexico City hacienda? Bill Weld had thousands of options this week, and if he was still running for office he wouldn't have committed to the one that meant leaving the country...
...Chinese Daily News reported that Vice President Al Gore attended an April luncheon and fund raiser at a Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights, California, an event that offered the unusual (and highly improper) spectacle of a tax-exempt religious institution appearing to endorse a political party. After the lunch, a group of Asian businessmen reportedly donated $140,000 to the D.N.C. Several contributions were given in the names of monks and nuns, despite their vow of poverty. The setup was apparently designed to ensure that the foreign donors' names would not appear on D.N.C. lists. A woman named...
What will be next? a pill that will enable us to take 20 years off our age? LINH-DA RONNING Hacienda Heights, California...
...soldiers in the state have brought in mobile health clinics and distributed food to local peasants, the country's poorest. Land reform promised since the revolution of 1910 is finally being implemented: last week the state government announced that a privately held 5,000-hectare hacienda in the southerly Lacandon rain forest was broken up and handed over to peasants. ``It's a very important first step toward solving the worst problem in Chiapas--land,'' says government spokesman Juan Chavez...