Word: providencia
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...American custom to decorate the Christmas card with a photo of the population explosion in the family. Few in Hollywood are better qualified to do so than Actor-Director José Ferrer and Songstress Rosemary Clooney, who posed beamingly with their three oldest tykes -Miguel José, 5 ; Maria Providencia, 4 ; Gabriel Vicente, 3 - while Rosemary held Monsita Theresa, 2, and Ferrer bear-hugged tiny Rafael Francisco, the eight-month-old newcomer...
...Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia, two palm-shaded dots in the Caribbean off Nicaragua, are predominantly Protestant, partly through ancient precedent. They were first colonized by English Puritans about the same time other Puritans were landing on Plymouth Rock. Though the original colonists died out and the islands were later resettled with African slaves from the West Indies, the heritage of tongue and religion somehow endured. The 6,000-odd black-skinned, English-speaking islanders who live there now are 80% Baptist, 15% Seventh-Day Adventist, 5% Roman Catholic. Their pride and joy are their schools...