Word: outskirt
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...DIED. ENRIQUE ZOBEL, 77, Filipino industrialist who, as president of Ayala Corp., helped transform a swampy outskirt of Manila into the city's financial district; in Muntinlupa, Philippines. A scion of the wealthy Zobel de Ayala family, Enzo, as he was known by his countrymen, had a reputation as a high-flying but hard-working tycoon who later became a generous philanthropist, particularly after a polo accident in 1991 left him paralyzed from the neck down. Recalled fellow Manila businessman Guillermo Luz: "He was proud to be the working rich...