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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Mexico, at the southern end of the central plateau. Situated at an altitude of 2,300 m (7,550 ft), it was founded on the site of an ancient Aztec capital destroyed by Cortés in 1521.
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- proper noun The capital of
Mexico .
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- noun the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
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Examples
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I'm also ordering today the Director of the Agency for International Development to repeal immediately what has become known as the Mexico City policy, that has effectively applied the
We Must Free Science And Medicine From The Grasp Of Politics ITY National Archives 1993
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It took me a few months to settle into Mexico City, which is one of the most populated cities in the world.
Eduardo Xol: The Uncomfortable Party Eduardo Xol 2011
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It took me a few months to settle into Mexico City, which is one of the most populated cities in the world.
Eduardo Xol: The Uncomfortable Party Eduardo Xol 2011
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It can't exactly call Mexico City a commie-pinko hot-bed of leftist lust and depravity yet it must support
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I just returned from the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit in Mexico City, which is the world's only event that brings together young leaders who emerged from virtually nowhere to achieve remarkable grassroots impact by using technology as a tool.
Jared Cohen: Is "Social Media" Really Changing the World? 2009
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But first of all, let's focus on an action that the president took last week, where he rescinded the so-called Mexico City policy, or it's also known as the Abortion Gag Rule, prohibiting federal funding to foreign family planning clinics to talk about abortion.
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And one of the major reasons why President Obama decided to go to Mexico City, which is a very dangerous place right now and it's been at least a dozen years since an American president has been in Mexico City, as opposed to other cities in Mexico, is because of the security concerns.
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Tomorrow morning the House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on the so-called Mexico City policy.
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When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, he rescinded the Reagan-era regulation, known as the Mexico City policy, but Bush reimposed it.
Hopefully, Change will include the Global Gag Rule | Barack Obama | positively Barack 2008
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Officially known as The Mexico City Policy, the Gag Rule was instituted by who else?
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