Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Such an appeal is hardly necessary as long as most Filipinos are caught up in the euphoria of what they call liberation. But the confetti and adoring crowds cannot last forever. "This government is sincerely committed to reform," says one Western diplomat. "But they will learn that this is easier said than done." There will be a honeymoon, perhaps six months, after which 56 million Filipinos will expect to see results from their new leaders. "No matter how good she is," observed Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, "she is almost incapable of meeting the expectations of the Philippine people...
...reflective of Aquino's own background and political views that a reporter at her first press conference pointedly asked whether the choices were too "elite." The Cabinet selections did not please the far left, which decried them as "bourgeois," but the ministers' middle-of-the-road credentials should appeal to the business community and the international lending institutions on which the Philippine economy depends for recovery. As important, Aquino's choices were widely recognized in both the Philippines and the U.S. as competent and dedicated, a far cry from the Marcos period, when many top positions in government went...
...dismissed such talk as naive. "Their plan seems unrealistic," said Larry Niksch, director of Asian affairs at the Congressional Research Service. "It will take the government a long, determined and very sophisticated effort to deal with the insurgency." Added one Western diplomat: "Aquino's success undoubtedly weakens the Communists' appeal to the so-called mass base. But one swallow does not a summer make." Unquestionably, Aquino's policy is a gamble. If she fails to make visible progress against economic problems, it is possible, even likely, that the insurgency will grow...
...Marcos surely helped, as did the last-minute defections of Enrile and Ramos. But at the center of it all was Aquino: petite, polite, increasingly self-assured, a woman who spoke for a country, molding an inchoate popular movement into a winning political force. The base of her appeal was a quiet strength, deeply rooted in her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church, which imbued her with seeming invincibility. "Ninoy you could hurt," said Teodoro Locsin, 37, Aquino's Minister of Information, last week. "But Cory you cannot hurt...
...that limiting defense spending would be necessary since budget deficits "themselves pose a danger to our national security." Even some members of the President's own party were moved more by the exigencies of red ink than by the Soviet threat. "It's my feeling that the President's appeal will not fly," stated G.O.P. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa...