Word: quetzalcoatl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fatalistic, almost mythical perception of itself. It is easy to get caught up in the character of the people, their eloquence, their national pride." White, for his part, got caught up in the history and mythology of Mexico's pre-Columbian people. Thus, in homage to Quetzalcoatl, the tribal god of the Toltecs, and in commemoration of this week's cover, White named his newly acquired feline house pet Quetzalcatl...
...unknown technocrat and law professor who had never run for public office. The outgoing President was almost strident in his efforts to establish Mexico as a leader of the Third World. His successor appeared to be a dedicated academic, most comfortable when studying archaeology or writing a novelette (Quetzalcoatl) about Mexican history...
...Quetzalcoatl, 1965 José López Portillo was an unknown 45-year-old government official and author when he wrote his mystical novelette about the god Quetzalcoatl, who figures so largely in the Toltec legends of the Mexican people. Today, at 56, he is President of Mexico, and now the age-old questions of love and hate, giving and taking, are considerably more real and painful in the Mexican sphere of arbitrary things...
...campaign, López Portillo coined the catch phrase la solution somos todos (the solution is all of us). He might have been reflecting on a passage from his own book, Quetzalcoatl...
...refreshingly brief speeches with humor. His inaugural address will probably be the longest oration of his life. He enjoys soccer or boxing as much as talk of public administration, economics or Mexican mythology. His writings include studies of both legal theory and Mexico's legendary god-king Quetzalcoatl...