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...behind this façade, the President's larger team is badly divided. Ever since Reagan took office in 1981, the search for a realistic arms-control package has been seriously hampered by incessant bureaucratic infighting. Philosophical disputes have also muddied the Administration's broader Soviet policy. The President, airily detached from the daily power struggles within his Administration, has been unwilling to step in to resolve the arguments. His advisers, fiercely turf conscious and suspicious of each other, have been unable to settle their differences among themselves...
...meantime, the two opposition leaders most likely to head an anti-Marcos ticket mounted a façade of unity. Undeclared Candidate Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 52, the widow of the late senator, made a surprise appearance at Manila International Airport to greet Salvador Laurel upon his return from a trip to the U.S. Laurel, 57, is leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, which accounts for 37 of the 59 Assembly seats held by the opposition. As cameras snapped, Laurel leaned forward to kiss Aquino, who backed away. That evening over brandy and tea during a two-hour meeting at Aquino...
...sporting a pencil mustache; in his late 30s he raised a bushy, patriarchal beard. When he was excited, his high, piercing voice had a tendency to rise in volume and exaggerate his Tennessee twang. For the most part, though, he kept his inner fires banked behind a façade of polite aloofness...
...getting into Marv’s mind readers discover that, behind his tough façade is a sad, mentally unstable man hoping he can live the right way as he tracks down the girl’s killers—from a silent cannibal to a Kennedyesque Cardinal—and we are drawn into his fight against the system without giving into mindless nihilism...
That’s too easy. Too simple. This is the Ivy League. Put those Expository Writing 20 and English Language and American Literature skills to good use. Look deeper, past the façade...