Word: senora
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...padre drives in with his toothless organist and holds the service whenever he arrives. The other Sundays the padre does not come, but the women and girls dress up in their veils anyway and say a few more "God willing's" than usual. The men--and maybe the rich Senora from the nearby ranch--stand about in a circle and discuss the work on the road or the unlikely prospect of raising sufficient funds to pipe water into the town. Don Leonardo is their selected leader--with his tall stature, good looks, blue eyes, eloquence, and strong stance...
Back in the village, the doors of the houses stand open, and as you walk past, Senora Clara comes out to finish hanging up her laundry...
...Arana Burungaray. His mother, Susana Castaneda Navoa, died not when Carlos was six, but when he was 24. Her son spent three years in the local high school in Cajamarca and then moved with his family to Lima in 1948, where he graduated from the Colegio National de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe and then studied painting and sculpture, not in Milan, but at the National Fine Arts School of Peru. One of his fellow students there, Jose Bracamonte, remembers his pal Carlos as a resourceful blade who lived mainly off gambling (cards, horses, dice), and harbored "like an obsession...
...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...