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Word: tabascan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever the size, the Tabascan strike is probably Mexico's biggest ever;* it already has turned Mexico from an oil importer to an exporter of 60,000 bbl. a day. The impact, reports TIME Correspondent Bernard Diederich, has already been felt in the Tabascan capital of Villahermosa, where land prices have soared as much as 2,000% and hotel space is at a premium. Tabascan Governor Mario Trujillo Garcia predicts that Villahermosa's population, now 150,000, will double in eight years. Out in the countryside, where rainfall of up to 400 inches a year keeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Mexican Bonanza | 11/11/1974 | See Source »

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