Word: dominicans
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...half-forbidden dream of an artificial man.-* St. Albertus Magnus, the 13th century German philosopher, was said to have spent 30 years constructing a servant of "deceptively human appearance" out of metal, wood, glass, wax and leather. This creature allegedly opened the door to Albertus' cell at the Dominican monastery in Cologne, asked visitors what they wanted and even engaged them in polite conversation. The end of the legend was that Albertus' celebrated pupil, Thomas Aquinas, smashed the robot to pieces because he considered it demonic. The Swiss alchemist Paracelsus, who was himself considered rather demonic, gave lectures...
...fate as yet unknown, Hatcher has left for the Dominican Republic where he will work on his outfield play with the Licey club. With Ron Cey a fixture for Los Angeles at third (fixture means no-trade contract), the club sees Hatcher as a possible replacement for Dusty Baker, whose big-money salary is being offered around both leagues...
...completely distinct town. I will miss it very much." With sad resignation, Panama's Marina Mayo, at 35 the youngest envoy and the only female, took a soldierly view. "You have to follow orders," she said. "One is not entitled to personal feelings." Not so the Dominican Republic's José Villanueva, 60, the popular dean of the city's diplomatic corps who has lived in Jerusalem for the past nine years. "The whole thing is comic," he declared, to the delight of many Israelis. "We protest, so we leave. And where to? To Tel Aviv...
...December 1975, Angela and David Boyter went to Haiti for a seven-day vacation and a divorce. A year later, eleven months into their second marriage, the Boyters did the same thing in the Dominican Republic. Since then, the Ellicott City, Md., couple have remarried and been divorced a third time. They figure that their revolving-door matrimony has saved them $15,000. The reason: federal laws that favor single taxpayers. The Internal Revenue Service challenged the couple, arguing that the first two divorces were "sham transactions" and that they would not be recognized by Maryland. Last week...
Others remember all too well. Says Sister Corina Padilla, a Dominican missionary nun in Tucson: "This kind of violence isn't unusual. In fact, it's quite normal." Adds Ruben Sandoval, a San Antonio attorney observing the trial: "This is still the kind of place where white supremacy reigns, and others have to fight to survive. This is the wild, wild West...