Yes, the AP managed to hit them both with one story:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041011/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/dominican_columbus__graves
"Researchers studying genetic evidence from 500-year-old bone slivers said this month that preliminary data suggests Columbus might be buried in the Spanish city of Seville, though they said more testing was needed, especially in the Dominican, to be certain."
In regard to the first, I think the DR should let Spain have the S-O-B. If it's proven he's in the DR, let's do what should have been done in 1795 - ship him to Seville.
In regard to the second, I've got no problem with it. As wrong as it is, "the Dominican" sounds much more friendly, warm and familiar than "the Dominican Republic" - which, as it sounds in English, ranks right up there with the Central African Republic, the United Arab Emirates and, dare I say, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, in warmth and friendliness. Think of it as a term of endearment.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041011/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/dominican_columbus__graves
"Researchers studying genetic evidence from 500-year-old bone slivers said this month that preliminary data suggests Columbus might be buried in the Spanish city of Seville, though they said more testing was needed, especially in the Dominican, to be certain."
In regard to the first, I think the DR should let Spain have the S-O-B. If it's proven he's in the DR, let's do what should have been done in 1795 - ship him to Seville.
In regard to the second, I've got no problem with it. As wrong as it is, "the Dominican" sounds much more friendly, warm and familiar than "the Dominican Republic" - which, as it sounds in English, ranks right up there with the Central African Republic, the United Arab Emirates and, dare I say, the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, in warmth and friendliness. Think of it as a term of endearment.
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