Word: icing
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...Lopez Obrador's shadow even reaches as far as Ebrard's ice rink. "Support the legitimate President. Down with the usurper Calderon," militants handing out pamphlets at the rink shouted, recently, as skaters raced round the rink in the polluted Mexico City dusk...
...Tens of thousands of eager Mexico City residents have turned out to skate, slide and stumble onto the ice for the first time in their lives. "This is really great, especially for the kids," says Lopez. "At least the mayor is giving something back to the people. Most of our governors give us nothing...
...Skating is a novel experience for most of those venturing onto the ice, and teams of white-helmeted city workers are constantly rushing to help citizens who've fallen on their faces...
...ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor recently told reporters. "Look how may people have come." He promised to open two more free ice rinks on the outskirts of the city, claiming that the project would also raise the level of Mexican contestants in figure skating tournaments. U.S. and Canadian skating champions whizzed round the rink at its opening, while a German team performed a choreography from Grease to applause from some 60,000 spectators...
...political analyst Federico Estevez said that Ebrard's ice rinks and beaches are camouflage for a mayor with no significant policies. "You can't fool the middle class that they are in Rockefeller Center," Estevez said. "Where is the policy here? How about trying to attract some investment...