Word: dominican
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...growing family as a peripatetic encyclopedia salesman and brickworker. But last November Webber's ship finally came in. Blessed by coincidence and new technology, the 36-year-old adventurer located the site of a 17th century Spanish galleon, the Concepción, some 80 miles north of the Dominican Republic. With his research partner, Jack Haskins, 44, the jubilant diver surfaced last week in New York City to face the press amid speculation that a salvage operation could yield up to $40 million worth of booty from the brine...
...Dominican corvette now guards the site as plaudits pile up from other sea hunters. Admits Jacques Cousteau: "I would have liked to discover it myself." Melvin Fisher, president of Key West's Treasure Salvors Inc., calls the Concepción "a fabulous find, a major discovery," but he cautions that Phips may have virtually exhausted the treasure after all. For now, Webber can afford to shrug off any doubts. His backers' investment of $500,000, he reports, "is already covered." And the salvage operation, confidently scheduled to last six months, has just begun...
Although 92% Catholic, Mexico lacks formal diplomatic ties with the Vatican, and the Pope will come without an official government invitation. Nonetheless, the government will accord him VIP treatment and heavy security. After a possible stopover in the Dominican Republic, John Paul II is due to arrive in Mexico City on Jan. 26 for a visit to the nearby shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The next day he will proceed to Puebla, 65 miles to the southeast, for the opening of a conference of Latin American bishops. During his five-day stay the Pope may also offer a "People...
...were Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. But the most important symbolic presence was that of Lieut. General Dennis McAuliffe, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Southern Command based in the Panama Canal Zone. He was dispatched to Santo Domingo as a reminder to the Dominican generals, who have little love for Guzmán, that the U.S. supported his election and expected them to do the same...
...longtime protégé of late Dictator Rafael Trujillo, Balaguer was both a brilliant and ruthless politician. He kept his country at peace for twelve years. He launched a huge building program and virtually invented Dominican tourism, now a $90 million industry. But he permitted blatant corruption, and in recent years he allowed the economy, already suffering from a sharp drop in sugar prices, to falter. Of the country's 1.4 million workers, 20% are unemployed...