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Word: margorito (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Near Henderson, Colo., a truck driver named Margorito Gomez ran into a pole that carried a 13,000-volt power line. Within seconds, five nearby farm houses caught fire, the local telephone exchange was knocked out, a bull was electrocuted, and all the electric water pumps in the area stopped pumping. At home, Gomez explained: "I'm subject to fainting spells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jun. 9, 1947 | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

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