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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Apr 1985, p. 10

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PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985 A breakdown of the total income and expendiâ€" tures of the average family, researched by the Waterloo County Principals‘ Association, shows Anywhere you go in Mexico, you will see little roadmarkers each bearing a number and nothâ€" ing else. They indicate the number of miles you are from Mexico City, the heart of Mexico It is the country‘s true center, politically, culturally and emotionally. What most people don‘t realize until they have been there, is that Mexico City is not only the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere, but one of the biggest in the world. With a population of almost 9 million, it is surpassed only by Tokyo, London, New York. Shanghai and Moscow It is this combination of age and size that makes it such a fascinating place. You can stef out into the street from the most luxurious of modern hotels and in five minutes be in a quarter of the city where most of the buildings are hundreds of years old. You can spend the morning shopping at a department store the equal of anything in New York, London or Paris and later in the day visit a street market where goods are brought in by man on a burro and sold in the same way they have since before the Spanish came to conquer in the 16th century MEXICO CITY 104 King St. W . . ’ From the desk of Isabella Grayson Ialk them applicable for 1984 Th(‘ figures are taken fl'()m Statistics Canada EenE aEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteettett c e in nmmmmmmmmemmmmnnmemmmmmmemen) 1982, with the inflation rate applied to make _ One picture‘s worth a thousand words is the philosophy behind Jeff Good‘s new Ultimate Card Company. Chronicle photo

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