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Word: potosi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Luis Potosi, Mexico, unpaid public school teachers struck. Disliking substitutes, children walked out of classes, swore they would not return until their teachers were reinstated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Back to Books | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

Like Romans under Caligula, Mexicans at San Luis Potosi last week flocked to their arena to witness gory battle between a lion and a bull. Headlong the bull charged; swiftly the lion struck, clawed down its adversary's face, threw it flat, stalked proudly away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Lion v. Bull | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

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