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...shrewdly concluded that he had better change his party's ways before the 1961 presidential elections. "Nothing less than a total war against corruption will satisfy our people,'' announced the new Garcia-and fired four of his Cabinet ministers. Then he summoned Economist Dominador (Dom) Ay-tona, 42, a onetime schoolmaster who had graduated summa cum laude from Manila University and served as Magsaysay's budget commissioner. "What do you think about graft and corruption?" he asked. When Aytona bluntly replied that reform was necessary, Garcia named him Secretary of Finance, in charge of customs, internal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Cleanup in Manila | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

...ay she blush'd, and ay she sigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Return of Rantin' Rab | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

...blonde, since she has been separated from her head as well as her limbs. Spying out her falsehearted lover is an even tougher problem. Clever readers may spot the lady killer a few pages before the end, but the author has marked a fine trail of misdirection aw?ay from his quite visible murderer, and recognition will come with a shock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Crime Wave | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

...unfortunately visible behind the organ, was a large fat man in a blue lounge suit.) While Noah and his sons built an ark (it was carried onstage by an assortment of blue-smocked prop men), Mrs. Noah stood aside and jeered (moaned Noah: "Lord that wemen be crabbed ay!"). The "animals"-a chorus of 70 children-marched two by two into the ark caroling "Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie eleison," and the orchestra launched with a crash into cymbal-punctuated storm music that reached its climax in a beautifully descanted chorus of Eternal Father. As the storm subsided, the cast climbed back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: By Ark & Rocket | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...Ay! 'ow 'bout that...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Social Schism: Brown Spring Weekend | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

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