Word: xochimilco
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...well-precisioned West German crew, clocked at 6:07.00 for the 2000-meter Xochimilco course, captured the gold medal and upset pre-race favorite New Zealand (6:10.43), which eventually finished fourth...
...presidential order, White House Pastry Chef Ferdinand Louvat had whipped up a twelve-pound sponge cake, sprinkled with sugar wedding bands. Inlaid in the frosting were nine of the President's favorite photos from the family scrapbook, including a honeymoon picture taken in the floating gardens of Xochimilco, near Mexico...
...river boats are caught in rifle crossfire and nearly clobbered by beaver-felled trees, but Six Flags is no mere copy. Typically, the roofs of the train cars are titanic sombreros, a giant stuffed bull shaves past an overgrown matador, and landscapers have turned a Texas-sized swamp into "Xochimilco," the lake garden near Mexico City. Coming closer to home, an Indian chief holds storytelling sessions. No-good varmints hold up the bank, the post office, the train, the stagecoach ride; and the legendary Judge Roy Bean administers his rule of "Law West of the Pecos," calling for the noose...
Plastered? In Mexico City, the Francis Tours sightseeing program outlines a nine-hour visit to Xochimilco's Floating Gardens, encourages tourists to "admire the fresco paintings on the outside of the Secretary of Public Works...
Skipping lunch, he dashed on to open three kindergartens, 19 elementary schools and a trade school. In outlying Xochimilco, to the accompaniment of ancient church bells pealing across the town's Venice-like canals, he opened a flower market and a general market, chatted with pupils in a new elementary school. At sundown, his caravan headed back to Los Pinos and dinner. Ruiz Cortines was plainly weary but well pleased with the day's work: 41 dedications in nine hours and 25 minutes...