Word: garcias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the cool heights of Baguio to steamy Zamboanga last week, 7,000,000 Filipinos went to the polls to elect eight senators and close to 13,000 city and provincial officials. At his home in Bohol, chess-playing President Carlos Garcia alternated between rejoicing over the birth of his first grandchild and fretting over the electoral prospects. Though neither his own office nor his Nacionalista Party's control of the 24-man Philippine Senate was at stake, Garcia knew that the off-year vote would be a test of his chances for re-election...
...killed and 131 wounded, only two killings were reported on election day. But it was also an election, noted Manila's Philippines Free Press, in which "the corruption of the people with their own money" reached "awesome" proportions. With the rich resources of government funds at their disposal, Garcia's Nacionalistas reportedly spent $4,500,000 buying votes in Cebu Province (pop. 1,324,880) alone...
...return, the U.S. will keep its four biggest Philippine naval and air bases-Subic Bay, Sangley Point Naval Air Station, Clark Field and Camp John Hay-as well as three lesser installations. Philippine President Carlos Garcia, who clearly intends to point with pride to the base agreement in the forthcoming Philippine off-year elections, was quick to praise Bohlen's statesmanship and to declare that "less capable hands" might have imperiled U.S.-Philippine friendship. But Garcia's warmth did not necessarily augur an easy time for Bohlen's prospective successor, John D. Hickerson, now U.S. Ambassador...
...meet such opposition first hand is shocking, and yet it was brought even into the meetings. The Festival Chairman, French Communist Jean Garcia, shoved anti-Communist Malcolm Rivkin from the table Rivkin was standing on to bring the meeting under control. The Festival organizers also used a list of technical obstructions that would look as detailed as a railway timetable if printed...
...through television and press. In conclusion, the Communists freely use two contrasting techniques in negotiation to achieve their goal. On one side they will be so surly and unreasonable that the least unfreezing may look like a concession. As one negotiating member burbled after nearly a week of argument, "Garcia was so nice to us today. He even gave me a Chinese cigarette--it really was mild...