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A view of the beach in Cancun, Mexico. Cancun's new beach, built by pumping 96 million cubic feet (27 million cubic meters) of sand from the ocean floor, is the highlight of an extreme makeover the resort has gone through since it was savaged by Hurricane Wilma on Oct. 21, 2005.
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To those who say big government has never accomplished anything of value, let’s shout out the word “Cancun”. A sleepy little dot of a fishing village in 1974, Cancun was plucked from obscurity by a cadre of Mexican government computer analysts. Their job was to scour the coastline, remotely of course, and pick a location with the ideal ratio of sun to sand to magnificent vistas. FULL STORY
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