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Word: magsaysays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Passion for Second. Puyat's passion for second place on the Nacionalista ticket is predicated on the Philippine Constitution, under which presidential tenure is limited to eight years. President Garcia, who took office in 1957 on the death of popular President Ramon Magsaysay in a plane accident, must step down in March 1965 and give the remaining nine months of his presidency to his Vice President-provided, of course, that the Nacionalistas win the November election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Wined, Dined & Womaned | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...solid reputation as an economist and business executive, is not tarred with the widespread charges of corruption leveled against Garcia's administration. In November, Garcia and Puyat will be matched against the Liberal Party nominees: earnest Diosdado Macapagal, who claims the mantle of the late great President Magsaysay, and his running mate Emmanuel Pelaez. Both are reform-minded enthusiasts who will campaign on a ready-made platform: "Throw the Rascals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Wined, Dined & Womaned | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...Ramon Magsaysay, whose influence on Philippine democracy remains tremendous even four years after his death...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Leaders Seen as Key To Emerging Nations | 5/19/1961 | See Source »

Macapagal has more than personal popularity and a reputation for honesty working in his favor. Last month anti-Garcia followers of Manuel Manahan, protégé of the late President Ramon Magsaysay, formally voted to back Macapagal. Other anti-Garcia Nacionalistas are threatening a party split if Garcia is renominated at next summer's convention. Leaving nothing to chance, Macapagal starts stumping the villages for his "new era" this week, nine months before elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: New Man in Manila | 2/3/1961 | See Source »

...fishing village whose people were starving because commercial trawlers had taken all the fish out of the bay. Binamira led a legal fight to force the trawlers to stay three miles offshore so that the village fishermen in their outriggers would have a chance. He also helped Magsaysay to set up a special office to train idealistic young Filipinos for village service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Road to the 20th Century | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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