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Word: tequi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dusk the caravan emerged onto the broad plains of the Tehuantepec Isthmus, where, ever since the days of Heman Cortes, men have talked of digging a Gulf-to-Pacific Canal. Brown families bathed in the tepid streams. At Tequi-sixtlan, brilliantly costumed Tehuana women danced the stately Llorona (The Weeper) to the music of a twelve-foot marimba. The politicos watched, and sipped the milk of green coconuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO,ARGENTINA: Backwoods Barnstormer | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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