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...warring politicos and cajole them into signing a ceasefire. Later he served as mediator during the cliff-hanging months before President Joaquín Balaguer's inauguration. Bunker's patience won him the esteem of all Dominican factions save the pro-Communist Castroites, who called him El Pato Macho del Mangoneo (The Top Banana of Machinations). Said Rebel Colonel Francisco Caamaño Deño: "I have the respect for that man that I have for my own father." Caamaño's archrival, General Antonio Imbert Barreras, agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: The Old Pros | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

...constructive. He helped arrange for settlement of Government debts so that much-needed U.S. Export-Import Bank credits might be obtained. He induced U.S. oil companies to spend money developing Peruvian oil reserves, and aided the Santa Valley project to exploit zinc and nearby Cañón del Pato water power to create a new electrolytic zinc industry. With the formation of a sturdy new Cabinet last week, prospects for Pawley's efforts looked the brightest since he arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Apra Enters | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

...Pato Pasqual: Donald Duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Pepita y Lorenzo | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

VINCENT J. WHITE Pato Consolidated Gold Dredging, Ltd. Pato, Colombia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 9, 1941 | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

Colonies: Bulhao Pato...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: New Cabinet | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

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