Word: dominican
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Duty Is to Pray. A monk is a cleric who takes vows of religion that bind him to live and serve in one monastic community until his death. Unlike Franciscan or Dominican houses, which are organized into tightly run provinces, Benedictine monasteries are almost completely independent of each other; a monk obeys only his own abbot. Unlike the Jesuits or other modern religious congregations, which have specific vocations to preach, heal or teach, monks are essentially contemplative: their major duty is the Opus Dei-the common recitation of the prayers in the Divine Office, for the glory...
After much tension but surprisingly little violence, the Dominican Republic last week seemed to be heading for stability. Seven months after the assassination of Trujillo. which ended 31 years of dictatorship, a peaceful transition to democracy was agreed to by all factions. If all now goes well, there will emerge a Swiss-style Council of State, and free elections will be held next year. Agreement on all this was reached by the opposition and by President Joaquin Balaguer and the army's strongman. General Pedro Ramón Rodriguez Echavarria...
Unlikely Go-Betweens. Thus ended an explosive, six-week crisis verging often near the flash point of civil war. Last month Balaguer and Rodriguez Echavarria-with an assist from Washington, which stationed warships and marines off the Dominican coast-became heroes for a day by blocking a comeback coup by two Trujillo brothers. But their authoritarian rule still did not meet the nation's hankering for freedom. The opposition National Civic Union, a moderate group, demanded that Balaguer and Rodriguez Echavarria themselves abandon power. At first the two Trujillo holdovers refused. It remained for two unlikely go-betweens...
Conditions for Departure. Once the Council is constituted and working smoothly. Balaguer promises to resign. But first two conditions must be met: 1) the Organization of American States must lift all diplomatic and economic sanctions, and 2) the Dominican Republic must be allowed to share again in the U.S. premium-price sugar market and in Alliance for Progress aid, both of which Washington has withheld as punishment for Trujillo's misdeeds...
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