Word: occidentale
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From the start, the Prince and Mrs. Vining got along. She had him as a pupil both in class and in private, and since she knew no Japanese, she had to think up some strange Occidental ways of teaching. She brought him the illustrated Book of Knowledge, acted out words...
In Negros Occidental, second most populous province in the Philippines, everything ran on time: the buses, sugar production and the voters. The Huks were nonexistent; the roads at night were made as safe as Dewey Boulevard in Manila at high noon; sugar output, hard hit by war, had been quickly...
All in all, Negros Occidental was a well-run little police state and its Mussolini was Governor Rafael Lacson. He was, that is, until last month's election.
Three Days. Padilla stayed right where he was. He also sent word to Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay (TIME, Nov. 26) that it was time to show Negros Occidental he meant his pledge of honest, free elections. Magsaysay promptly sent a bodyguard plus 300 marines, later a large contingent of R.O.T.C...
Two Words. One day Padilla's mother got to see her son. Beaten almost beyond recognition, he managed two words: "Communicate Magsaysay." But when Magsaysay got to Negros Occidental, it was too late. Padilla's body lay on a prison bench dripping with blood. Police pointed to bullet...