Word: hadly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lewin, away from the Philippines when the order was issued, turned up briefly in other spots-gambling joints in Tokyo, in Guatemala City-but was determined to get back to Manila by hook or crook. One day a small Panama-flag freighter named Maria Ines sailed into Manila harbor, ostensibly...
Renewing the Visas. When President Magsaysay was killed in a plane crash, Carlos Garcia-an old friend of former Vice President Fernando Lopez-moved into Malacanan Palace, and things began going better for Lewin. On the ground that the Philippine government wanted him for $68,450 in back taxes, President...
The question in everyone's mind was what President Garcia would do. Lewin's friends in high places had saved him before. But Garcia was still smarting from last month's election defeat (TIME, Nov. 23), in which charges of corruption figured heavily. Would Lewin get off...
For three months the country's 9,000,000 voters had endured every variety of speech, parade and accusation. In the slums of Lagos, naked children ran through the streets blowing "ZEE-EEK" on whistles handed out by supporters of Eastern Region Premier Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe, or noisily deflated...
The candidates bickered just as noisily. Zik suggested that Awolowo had the backing of British business interests with millions invested in Nigeria (correct: they distrust Zik). Awolowo, campaigning by helicopter, replied by calling Zik a crook and an oppressor. Both were under attack from the third major figure in the...