Word: olivo
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...zaro Cárdenas makes frequent journeys to observe conditions among his people. As tireless a horseman as Roosevelt I, President Cárdenas loves to beat the brush, sometimes leaves his $350,000 Olivo (olive-colored special train) at an obscure siding and gallops off to find the underprivileged. On such occasions local governors are under strict orders that the President is not to be guarded. They know he means it, and they try to keep their troops always just beyond the next hill. A tent is good enough to shelter the President at night, but if the hacienda...