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Word: interisland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...Interisland shipping has been slowly reconstructed, although beef from southernmost Mindanao is still being flown to Manila because of the lack of refrigerator ships. A thousand surplus tractors have helped boost carabao-geared farm production; the Filipinos are now nearly self-sufficient in food. There is no threat of cholera, which daily kills scores in Bangkok ; no plague, which continually ravishes part of China. Three million children, compared to a prewar two million, are back in school. Driving through Mindanao, I was amazed at the number of schools. Communal problems there are small. Said one Mohammedan datu (chieftain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Progress Report, Feb. 17, 1947 | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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