Word: magsaysayism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malolos in Bulacan Province, wan, frail President Elpidio Quirino pleaded with the voters. "Give me another chance, if only to complete all the projects you want me to complete." In Manila, Ramon Magsaysay solicited votes in confident tones. "The Filipino people want back their self-respect, their sense of honor and their dignity. They can have these things back only by replacing those who have taken them away...
According to the experts, Ramon Magsaysay and his Nacionalista-Democratic coalition are likely to top Quirino & Co. by several hundred thousand votes, in a fair count of ballots. Magsaysay supporters say that they have evidence that provincial officials have been ordered to produce Quirino pluralities or else. Quirino's managers released in turn a Nacionalista memorandum to party workers which suggested that if they anticipated attempts at intimidation, they should carry knives, hatchets or bolos. The election board in one province forbids flapping shirttails-the traditional Filipino way of dressing-on election day, so that officials can better tell...
...Romulo withdrew and threw his support to Magsaysay...
...Magsaysay withdrew and threw his support to Quirino...
These shirts are very expensive and are usually elaborately embroidered. The peasants would surely think that it was kaululan (madness) if Magsaysay were to do his campaigning in an aloha shirt...