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"Dictator Rafael Trujillo was born on October 24, 1891 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic" (Rafael)
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"[the United States] established effective control of the country within two months" (Haggerty)
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"The last US marines left the Dominican Republic on September 18, 1924" (Minster)
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"Bélgica Adela Mirabal-Reyes born on March 1, 1925" (Mirabal) *Note: information is in a chart
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"Trujillo was ready by 1930 to assume control of the country" (Haggerty)
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"In 1937, he went so far as to orchestrate the massacre of thousands of Haitian immigrants" (Rafael)
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"And who is going to chaperone you? Dede?" (pg 12)
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"It wasn't my idea to go on the pilgramage" (pg 55)
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"That's why every one calls me Lio" (pg 68)
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"It was also the night she finally agreed to marry Jaimito" (pg 79)
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"by the time we find the party, we're an hour late" (pg 93)
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"Ay, poor Papa, he lost it at the end and went behind the palm trees" (pg 118)
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"Those two have had bad luck already, what with the ice cream business" (pg 124)
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"The attempt, on June 24, 1960, injured, but did not kill, the Venezuelan president" (Haggerty)
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"but, Dede gave the chauffeur the imperious look" (pg 287)
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"On November 25, 1960, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and driver Rufino de la Cruz were visiting Patria and Minerva's incarcerated husbands. On the way home, they were stopped by Trujillo's henchmen. The sisters and the driver were separated and were clubbed to death" (Mirabal)
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"On May 30, 1961, Trujillo was assassinated" (Haggerty)
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"Puppet President Balaguer remained in office, allowing the late dictator's son, Rafael Trujillo Lovatón (also called Rafael, Jr., or Ramfis)" (Haggerty)
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"Ramfis, having little enthusiasm for a power struggle, fled the country" (Haggerty)
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"Could this woman please come over and talk to Dede about the Mirabal Sisters" (pg 3)
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"Dede offered her two alternatives..." (pg 64)
