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...CORY AQUINO...
...enraged President Corazon Aquino ordered a nationwide manhunt for Bibit...
...Corazon Aquino, the Philippines...
...time and exertion required to refloat an economy that has run aground. And Chamorro will not perform without error. She considers her mission divine but suffers from high-handedness and an aversion to criticism, no matter how well intentioned. Irritated by endless comparisons with Philippine President Corazon Aquino, another widow of a national hero, she has developed a response both disarming and revealing: "I would rather be thought of as a Latin Margaret Thatcher...
...encouraged by its Pacific allies, remains essentially in a holding posture toward Asia, the region's rapid political and economic changes raise questions about the durability of current security arrangements. Writing in the Philippine Star, former Aquino press secretary Teodoro Benigno, a respected political analyst, posed a provocative scenario. "The rules of the big power game will change," he predicted, "as America weakens, Japan resurges, and the Chinese giant starts to bellow." The 21st century, in his view, will be "an Asian century." Even if he proves right, the U.S. military presence might help determine whether the coming changes will...