Word: jose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spent the prewar years in the ranks of those who demanded immediate freedom from the U.S. at all costs, by World War II was one of the islands' "Big Five" political leaders. With Jose Laurel he was in the Japanese puppet regime during occupation, serving in a manner which Filipinos have come to regard as in the best interests of his countrymen. Recto, who insisted on being tried as a collaborator after the war to clear himself of all taint (he was acquitted), and Laurel both still resent bitterly General Douglas MacArthur's postwar treatment of them...
...Savoyards gave a frisky performance of The Mikado. During the next three months a lot of Washingtonians will spend plenty of time in the amphitheater, watching such Feld-sponsored attractions as the National Symphony Orchestra, the Ballet Theatre, Sopranos Dorothy Kirsten and Roberta Peters, Violinist Mischa Elman, Spanish Dancer Jose Greco (ticket prices: $1.25 to $3.00). While most other summer-music producers ? largely civic ?have to beg for contributions to keep going, Irv (35) and Izzy (39) stand a good chance of making it pay. For them summer music may make a respectable contribution to their total income...
...Mans, France, a sturdy Italian Ferrari sports car, driven by Argentina's Jose Froilan Gonzalez and France's Maurice Trintignant, clocked an impressive 2,523.4 miles in the grinding, 24-hour Le Mans Grand Prix Endurance Race to finish a slim 2.4 miles ahead of last year's winners, Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton in their English Jaguar. In third place, with a total of 2,355 miles: an American Cunningham Special driven by Sherwood Johnston and William Spear. In fifth: Briggs Cunningham himself in another Cunningham Special...
Costa Rica, alone among the American republics, boycotted the Tenth Inter-American Conference at Caracas as a form of protest against the jailing of political prisoners by the Venezuelan government. But when he announced Costa Rica's decision, President Jose Figueres made a promise that his country would "adhere to any inter-American resolutions taken there for the betterment of democracy...
...School of Design is directed by Dean Jose L. Sert, who cooperated with Bundy in planning all of the School's revisions. Since Sert replaced Joseph F. Hudnut as Dean of the School of Design last September, the department has taken many strides forward...