Word: rizal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Garcia's own popularity has plummeted. In mid-December, when he arrived at Manila's Rizal Stadium to see the world championship flyweight fight between Argentina's Pascul Perez and the Philippines' Dommy Ursua, the and crowd the Philip greeted him with a thunderous boo, which ended only when somebody ordered the band to play the national anthem. When it was announced that the President and his wife would present the belt to the winner, booing broke out all over again...
...hour before the evening rally in Manila's Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, the stands were filled, and the audience overflowed onto the football field. Many had traveled from the nearby provinces. Billy's followers had hoped for a turnout of 30,000; they got more than 40,000. Campaign workers claimed the largest single number of "decisions for Christ" (4,470) in the current campaign. The pledge cards showed that about 30% of the "decisions" were made by Catholics...
...This article gave me the opportunity of learning a good deal more about a man who extended several unforgettable kindnesses to me and several others in our 312th General Hospital Unit stationed at Mandaluyong, Rizal Province...
Manila's Rizal Stadium was the scene of the Second Asiad, and a few Filipinos had trouble forgetting that the Japanese had holed up in that very spot for a last-ditch stand during the liberation of Manila in World War II. But such memories were soon drowned by roars of approval for the Japanese performances. One of the stars of the meet was a slender (5 ft. 4 in., 116 lbs.) 19-year-old Japanese girl named Atsuko Nambu, who won the 100-meter event, placed second at 200 meters and in the broad jump, and anchored...
Filipinos had a chance to vote their minds without fear of revenge or having their votes disqualified. The Filipinos made up their own minds. No man since the great Filipino patriot. Jose Rizal, has so captured the Filipino fancy and fired the Filipino imagination as the rugged (5 ft. 11 in., 170 Ibs.) man from Zambales. He displays emotions and utters words which might seem corny and insincere in more sophisticated men. In more than 1.500 villages and cities, he laughed, ate, mingled with and talked to the voters. "I love to shake the hands-the dirty hands -with...