Word: rinks
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Construction worker Macario Lopez has lined up for four hours--along with his brothers, children and nephews--to swap his cowboy boots for a pair of ice skates. He could never afford to take his family to a commercial rink, which costs about $5 a head, he says. But the Christmas season has brought a colossal 34,400-sq.-ft. (about 3,200 sq m) open-air skating rink to the central square known as the Zócalo in the heart of Mexico City. It's the largest rink in the world, boosters claim. More important, it's free. Tens...
...rink, surrounded by towering models of candles and a vast canvas featuring a moonlit lake, is a surreal spectacle in the midst of Mexico City's grinding traffic, colonial churches and endless protest marches. To add to the illusion of escape, sweet ballads play through huge speakers as the skaters glide along. Skating is a novel experience for most of those venturing onto the ice, and teams of white-helmeted city workers are constantly rushing to help citizens who have fallen on their faces. "Don't form chains," a supervisor cautions over the public-address system. "Don't smoke...
...criticism comes from the rich élite who can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots who can barely afford to feed their families, let alone take a holiday. "The ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor said recently. "Look how many people have come." He has promised to open two more free ice rinks on the outskirts of the city, claiming the project would also increase the number of Mexicans in figure-skating tournaments. U.S. and Canadian skating champions...
...vote in an election that was decided by the Federal Electoral Tribunal. The charismatic López Obrador claims he was robbed and calls himself Mexico's "legitimate President" at mass meetings and marches. López Obrador's shadow reaches even as far as Ebrard's ice rink. "Support the legitimate President! Down with the usurper Calderón!" militants shouted while handing out pamphlets at the rink recently as skaters raced around in the Mexico City dusk...
Fittingly enough, the first team lined up to challenge the Crimson’s supremacy is none other than UNH (16-3-0, 9-0-0 Hockey East). Harvard travels to Durham, N.H. tomorrow night to take on the Wildcats in their famed Towse Rink...