Word: montezumae
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Sullivan said Wednesday he didn't know if Carter made the statement "of his own inspiration, whether Amy wrote it, or whether it was the same fellow that wrote his toast in Mexico City" which included a reference to Montezuma's Revenge
...carat gold ring if the money is used toward the purchase of a $95 Lustrium number. But if civilians are switching to stainless-steel bands, West Point cadets are not trading in their tradition. And at more than $300 apiece this year, their rings rival Montezuma...
...lashing his guest for treating Mexico with "a mixture of interests, disdain and fear." Caught off guard by that undiplomatic verbal assault, Carter responded with one of the more unfortunate utterings of his presidency, a rambling ac count of how, on a previous visit, he had been afflicted by "Montezuma's revenge...
...more conventional stories tend to find their mark, but here too, the quality is uneven. In "Cortes and Montezuma," Barthelme demonstrates his mastery of a peculiar form that might be called transmogrification of legend, the same form he used in his novel Snow White and several short stories. He takes the fabeled meeting of Cortes and Montezuma and twists it, distorts it, makes it fresh. Among the stories, "Tales of the Swedish Army" relates a sudden meeting of the author and a unit of Swedish soldiers on maneuvers in lower Manhattan, an exercise of the imaginative virtuosity that has characterized...
...appalling attempt to turn his running habit into a joke. The reason he had raced from the Palace of Fine Arts to his hotel room on that visit, he said, was because "in the midst of the FolklÓrico performance, I discovered that I was afflicted with Montezuma's revenge." Instead of laughing, those present tittered nervously or remained in stony silence. Seated beside her husband, Rosalynn Carter blushed and covered her face in embarrassment...