Word: dominicans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said of Haiti these days is that the worst has not come to pass. The country has not lapsed into civil war. The Tonton Macoutes, President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier's brutal secret police, have not resurfaced, contrary to widespread rumors that they were regrouping in the Dominican Republic. The shaky rule of the National Council of Government continues under the uninspired leadership of Lieut. General Henri Namphy, but the oft-predicted coup has not materialized. One year after Duvalier and his family fled to exile in France, Haiti continues to limp toward democracy...
This year Harvard defeated Duke, the Universityof Southern Alabama, Minnesota, Akron, UNPHU fromthe Dominican Republic, and the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. However, the defendingchampion, Rhode Island College, beat Harvard...
Merengue has been part of the Latin music scene in the States at least since the '50s, when Xavier Cugat dished out some slicked-up, watered-down rhythms that had made their way north from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Legend has it that the merengue was inspired by a Dominican general who trailed a disabled leg behind him as he navigated a ballroom. Another myth says the dance originated with slaves brought from Africa to work the fields. The slaves, in chains, would move off the ships by lifting one leg and dragging the other...
...Dominican Republic Dictator Rafael Trujillo could kick up his boots like a pro. During a 1951 peace meeting on the Haitian border, El Jefe grabbed the daughter of one of his officers and, as a ceremonial band bore down on a merengue beat, danced away the next hour. His countrymen could also call the tune to advantage, however. After Trujillo's 1961 assassination, Dominicans danced for months to The Death of the Goat, an irreverent merengue written to celebrate the general's violent removal...
...changes and featured entire bands in matching polyester, bell- bottom leisure suits," wrote Critic Enrique Fernandez in the Village Voice. But newly rediscovered merengue stars like Fernandito Villalona not only could sing on the sound track of Miami Vice but have the wardrobe for a guest shot as well. "Dominican bands look sharp," Fernandez points out. "Merengueros are image conscious. They've learned the lesson...