Word: rafael
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...Sheep Stealing." Part of Pentecostal's appeal-particularly to migrants-is this total, emotional participation. One Puerto Rican described the U.S. Catholic Church he rejected as "like a supermarket-cold and formal." Says Presbyterian Rafael Martinez of Chicago's interdenominational Casa Central: "When you walk into a Pentecostal service, you are likely to be asked, no matter who you are, your name, where you are from, and 'Brother, do you have a word...
...hope this will be a lesson to Truman," he wrote in a column that was killed by Hearst. "I wasn't shocked, I wasn't horrified, and I believe that most of those who said they were were liars." Pegler preferred the late Dominican Republic Dictator Rafael Trujillo to most of the world's statesmen: "Trujillo is much more sensible, practical and helpful to his people than Roosevelt. Truman or Eisenhower has been to ours...
...above sea level) of Mexico City's Chapultepec Sports Center, the U.S.'s Chuck McKinley started out as if he meant to deflate the Mexicans entirely. Having one of his good days, the erratic McKinley routed the No. 1 man on Mexico's team, Rafael Osuna, in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5, 6-3. No matter that the U.S. team's No. 2 player, Jon Douglas, lost a tough, five-set match to Mexico's veteran Antonio Palafox. The U.S. was favored in the doubles, and McKinley seemed sharp enough to win his second...
...Rafael, Calif. First phase of the Marin County Civic Center, which may cost more than $15 million upon completion, is finished. Designed initially by Frank Lloyd Wright (it was one of his last projects), the Civic Center is also called "The War Memorial" by local wags in reference to the almost ten years of wrangling that went on. The county administration offices will be finished in a few months. Included in Wright-designed buildings to come; a hall of justice, an auditorium, an exhibition pavilion...
...year ago last week Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was waylaid and slain. It took another six months for his son Ramfis to be sent packing. In the void left by 31 years of Trujillo family tyranny, few cheers greeted the seven-man Council of State that took power in the Dominican Republic last January. Its President, Rafael Bonnelly, a 57-year-old lawyer, had once been an errand boy for Trujillo. The other members include a truckline operator, two heart doctors, a businessman, a Roman Catholic priest-and one of the triggermen who killed Trujillo. The news...