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Word: minatitlan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Vice President of the U.S., and talked the Mexican Tourist Bureau into agreeing to lend the head to Houston. All he knew about finding the head was that it lay somewhere on the island of San Lorenzo be tween two rivers, about 40 miles from the town of Minatitlan in southern Mexico. The Mexican government lent Sweeney a helicopter, and with it he flew from village to village scrutinizing the terrain for any big heads, and occasionally landing to inquire if the villagers had seen one. The helicopter pilot eventually spotted the head, buried in a ten-foot hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sweeney's Way | 6/14/1963 | See Source »

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