Word: senora
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Civic Meditations) attributed the current precarious peace in the Dominican Republic to "the affection the people bore my husband," but "categorically" rejected all talk of a continuation of the dynasty by the current commander of the republic's armed forces, Son Rafael Jr., 32. "As a mother," explained Senora de Trujillo, "I am only interested in the happiness and spiritual tranquillity of my children. For these reasons, I cannot aspire that my eldest son be President of the republic. I know what responsibilities that high position carries, with so many sacrifices, tears and disillusionments...
Church-or Else. Billy stabbed at Spanish with a thunderous "Christ died for you for usted!", and the word somehow acquired a Dixie drawl. But when it came time for him to invite his listeners down, there was no doubt about his effectiveness. "I like religion" said senora Gloria de Rodriguez, 34. "I saw Billy Graham on television, and I decided I wanted to come and see him in person, I prefer the way he preaches to he way the Catholic priests preach" Like her there were plenty of nominal Catholics in he Garden. "The priest never said we shouldn...
Later, as the bandits sat eating Senora Salas' potato omelets, a four-man Guardia Civil patrol stealthily surrounded the farmhouse and sat waiting for reinforcements. A barking dog alerted the bandits, and in the first exchange, two bullets caught Sabater in the foot and thigh. Sabater ordered Salas and his wife to safety in the attic, calmly dressed his own wounds with a first-aid kit he carried and, firing from windows, held off the green-uniformed policemen all afternoon. But troopers were converging on the farmhouse from every direction, and when darkness fell, the trapped bandit chief decided...