Word: osmena
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Good Brunswick Stew. He felt better. Utter weariness had kept him close to the cottage ever since he had arrived in Warm Springs, a little less than two weeks ago. He had seen few people. A week before, he had received President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines, and had told Osmena that he hoped the Commonwealth might soon achieve its independence. He had looked drawn beneath his tan then...
Last week, when U.S. troops swarmed on to Panay (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS), Tomás Confesor was gone. He was in Manila, where President Sergio Osmena had appointed him Secretary of Interior in the new Cabinet (see cut). He was also the Mayor of Manila...
General Douglas MacArthur, the great soldier, had returned. The first major capital of the Jap-conquered Pacific had been retaken; a prime symbol of Japanese dominance had fallen. Wrote President Roosevelt to Philippine President Sergio Osmena: "Our hearts have quickened...
Faster. Thin, shy Sergio Osmena, vice president of the Philippines, dismissed talk of a long war in the Pacific. Said he: "I don't believe the Japs can last long after Germany is defeated. The combined might of the United Nations will be more than Japan can withstand...
Teetering back & forth in his brocaded swivel chair, strolling on his balcony overlooking the Pasig River, Manuel Quezon last week could see no serious opposition at home. He had long since danced rings around his onetime friend and later rival, Sergio Osmena. But from outside, the threatening forces crowded-forces which might also concern the U. S. The question an anxious State Department pondered was where Tango Dancer Quezon, with the Philippines in his arms, would whirl next...