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...Woman of the Year: President Corazon Aquino...
After ten months in office, Aquino reflects on life in power and also the people and events that most influenced her as she made her way to Malacanang Palace...
...were over now, and the presidential staff was visibly relaxed. The 60-day cease-fire with the Communist insurgents was under way, despite some violations, bringing the promise of the first peaceful Christmas in the Philippines in 17 years. Dressed in a navy blue dress with red piping, President Aquino was in a holiday mood as she greeted Hong Kong Bureau Chief William Stewart and Manila Reporter Nelly Sindayen. At the end of the hour-long conversation, however, there was a moment of great poignancy. As she spoke about her memories of her husband and her obligations to her country...
...because I have had some unique experiences. Before, I thought my life was nothing unusual. But I guess that starting with my husband's incarceration, I did experience some unusual situations and events. Also, my husband's assassination received such worldwide attention. If my husband had not been Ninoy Aquino, people would not have bothered with...
...just that . . . well, I marveled at my mother-in-law ((Dona Aurora Aquino)) and how she could campaign. She was perfect at it; she could give speeches. And I thought, Thank God she can do this for me! She was the type who could kiss babies. As the wife of the mayor in Concepcion, I was expected to go to every wake. Initially, the corpses would be in a bed with just a sheet or curtain over them. My mother-in-law could handle all this, but it was all I could do to look at them. Many nights...