Word: cactus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tended to take Mexico for granted?ignoring it when possible and otherwise treating it with the arrogant condescension usually reserved by big brothers for uppity younger siblings. No longer is that attitude possible or plausible, and one big reason is oil. Since 1972, when geologists drilling into the cactus-studded wasteland of Tabasco state tapped into the gigantic Reforma oil and gas field, Mexico has turned up one immense deposit of petroleum after another. In his state of the union address in early September, López Portillo boasted that Mexico now had proven combined reserves of 45 billion...
...most celebrated man hunts in the history of the state. As many as 50 lawmen, including members of the vaunted Texas Rangers, combed the countryside, scanning the sagebrush and cactus scrubland from helicopters, throwing up roadblocks, searching bars, and rummaging through seedy Mexican border towns. For five days the hunt went on while the twelve wily fugitives eluded the long, sweaty arm of the law, even though their mug shots were splashed all across the front pages of the state's newspapers...
...Pardee Erdman's 30,000-acre Ulupalakua ranch, speckled with volcanic boulders, cactus and 6,000 head of cattle, is Hawaii's only vineyard. It was carved out by Emil Tedeschi, 36, an emigre from a Napa Valley wine-making clan. After experimenting with 140 varieties of grape, he has planted 15 acres in Carnelian, a cross between Cabernet, Grenache and Carignane. While the first bottles of his red wine will not reach their prime until 1984, a tasting of an early vintage reveals body and character. Meanwhile, Oenologist Emil and his chemist wife Joanne are making...
Worse, and more fundamental, was the Administration's handling of Mexico's plans to obtain $2 billion a year in foreign exchange by exporting natural gas to the U.S. from the Reforma petroleum field near Cactus. Negotiations with six U.S. companies were almost complete and a 900-mile, $1.5 billion pipeline was under construction when Schlesinger abruptly vetoed the deal because Mexico's price of $2.60 per 1,000 cu. ft. was higher than the $2.16 being charged by Canadian suppliers. López Portillo vowed to burn off the gas and leave...
Foreman laughs off the criticism and is happy that she enjoys the confidence of Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland as well as of her friend Joan Claybrook. On Foreman's 40th birthday Claybrook gave her a gift: a spiky cactus plant. It was festooned like a Christmas tree, with candy, chewing gum and junk food that Foreman had just proposed banning from sale during school lunch hours. Today only a few of the trimmings remain on the tree. The rest, reports Foreman, have been eaten by her sugar-loving staff...