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As part of a concerted diplomatic push, on November 16th Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, was on the deck of an American warship in Manila Bay in the Philippines, to strengthen the two countries' military ties.
ECONOMIST: America reaches a pivot point in Asia
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On May 1, 1898, Dewey led his six cruisers and gunboats on a bold midnight run past the guns of Corregidor into Manila Bay.
ECONOMIST: Dewey��s great day
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In fact, these guns were salvaged from the bottom of far-away Manila Bay, from Spanish ships sunk by Montpelier's own Admiral George Dewey on the day America came of age as an international power.
ECONOMIST: Dewey��s great day
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U.S. naval plans included provisions for an attack on the Spanish Navy in the event of war, and led to a decisive victory against the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in May, 1898.
NEWYORKER: The Water Cure
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Manila sprawls east from Manila Bay along the Pasig River, and immediately south of the river is Intramuros, the old walled Spanish town where many of the city's historical sites are found.
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