Word: hadly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along with a bottomless campaign chest, Garcia & Co. had the advantage of divided opposition: unable to agree on a joint ticket, Vice President Diosdado Macapagal, Garcia-baiting boss of the Liberal Party, and Progressive Manuel Manahan, hailed by his followers as spiritual heir to the late great President Ramon Magsaysay...
What finally turned the tide in the Nacionalistas' favor was the vote from the barrios, the impoverished rural villages where an avalanche of government money proved helpful. By week's end the Nacionalistas seemed certain to elect five Senators-including Ramon Magsaysay's younger brother, Genaro, who...
Trading Notes. Never before had a country off U.S. shores been as unfriendly as Louisiana-sized Cuba, which engaged the U.S. in full-scale diplomatic debate, taking obvious relish in every word. Off the presses of the Cuban Ministry of State rolled a 14-page color pamphlet, loaded with "atrocity...
In reply to the U.S. protest, Cuban Minister of State Raúl Roa delivered an 18-page "white paper," rewriting history, charging economic aggression and warning that Cuba will buy arms and planes "from whoever may be willing to supply them," i.e., Russia, if need be. He patted Cuba...
Another mineral is a rich reality. In 1941 a trader picked up a big black stone to ballast his canoe on the Amapari River, later had it analyzed. It turned out to be 60% pure manganese, and today the mine is the Amazon's biggest enterprise, shipping out 75...