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Word: mindoro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...staff. It took two years, many tons of rifle ammunition and the caginess of General Frederick Funston to capture and subdue Emilio Aguinaldo in 1901. As early as 1903, his ex-aide, Quezon, was working hand-in-glove with the conquering Yanquis as prosecutor for Tabayas and Mindoro Provinces. He has been drawing a government paycheck ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Fireworks & Fear | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

Theodore Roosevelt '08, retiring Governor-General of the Philippines, has notified the Museum of Comparative Zoology that he has obtained two specimens of the rare Philippine Buffalo known as Tamaro, for the museum. The Tamaro is only found in the dense jungles of the island of Mindoro. Mr. Roosevelt Returned to Manila with the specimens after a sixty hour trip by aeroplane...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOSEVELT GIVES MUSEUM TWO BUFFALO SPECIMENS | 4/20/1933 | See Source »

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