Word: dominicans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TIME'S coverage of the Dominican situation [May 7] was most illuminating, especially the special section on the long history of fear and hate on the entire island of Hispaniola. It is common knowledge that a Dominican rebellion was bound to come. In fact, most political scientists predicted this long before the assassination of Trujillo. Therefore, the necessity for immediate troop movements by President Johnson did not come as a great surprise to Latin diplomats. The protection of our nationals and the prevention of a Communist take-over surely provided enough justification...
...Sending U.S. Marines to the Dominican Republic is about as tactful as sending the Selma police force to handle a disturbance in Harlem...
...Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, I took rather perverse satisfaction in discovering that even TIME (which was, and is, my symbol of accuracy) occasionally blunders. If that's not former Dictator Trujillo in your *picture captioned "Bosch in Puerto Rico," I'll gladly pay double for next week's edition...
...Author of Quisqueya: A History of the Dominican Republic, Haiti: The Black Republic, Mexican Journal...
...session at Kresge is being by an M.I.T. faculty committee and Students for a Democratic and will begin at 11 a.m. with a the analysis of policy on the Dominican public...