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...night, Colonel Andres Soriano, a tall, imperious gentleman with, a bristling mustache, is a glittering figure at Manila's diplomatic receptions and society soirees. Soriano loves to dance, is frequently seen cutting elegant capers at the Riviera, Manila's fanciest nightclub. By day, Soriano is an industrial tycoon whose multimillion-dollar interests include the Magnolia Dairy, the San Miguel Brewery, and the Philippine Air Lines. He is also a powerful figure behind the government of President Elpidio Quirino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Priest on the Picket Line | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...Soriano's polar opposite in Manila is stocky, cleft-chinned Father Walter B. Hogan, 37, a Jesuit priest from Philadelphia who arrived in the Philippines in 1933, became a teacher at Ateneo de Manila, a Jesuit college. He was professor of classics and the clarinet-toting mentor of the school band; the boys called him "Benny Goodman in a cassock." He also developed a deep interest in Filipino workers and Catholic trade unionism; in 1947 he established Ateneo's Institute of Social Order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Priest on the Picket Line | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

Half color winners: Tom Calhoun, Cleveland Fuller, Riley Gilbert, George Lee, Ernie Mitchll, Robin Moore, Dwight Nishimura, Mike Peabody, Tito Reich, Joe Soriano, Douglas worrall, William Zuill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 18 Ruggers Win Full Colors, 12 More Half Colors | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

...front are a healthy lot. Peter Manning-Smith, Lou Travis, and Bill Boucher will as usual make up the front line of the scrum, Ferd Schoch and Ed White the second, and John Carey, Joe Soriano, and Eddie Davis the outer shell...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Ruggers Claw Tigers Today; JV's Play Too | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

...Harvard lineup: forwards--Manning-Smith, Travis, Boucher, Schoch, Gilbert, Carey, Soriano, Davis; backs--McIntyre, French, Adams, Key, Densmore, Eaton, Green...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Ruggers Trim McGill by 3-0 Score | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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