Word: cfia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Benigno Aquino stood in his Center for International Affairs (CFIA) office weating a sheepish smile and waging what appeared to be a losing battle against a mass of papers and documents that cluttered his small desk...
...escorted me out of his office to the elevator down the hall. Aquino spoke affectionately about some of his CFIA colleagues whose names were written on the doors we passed. Then looking pensive, he said one final thing. "You know, democracy is a very slow process that seems so frustrating at times. But for now, it's the best system we have...
...primary foe of President Ferdinand Marcos, who has governed the nation with martial law since 1972. At Harvard, the former Filipino senator's slaying has been a source of sober reflection. The leader spent his last three years in exile in Cambridge, where he held fellowships at the CFIA between 1980-82 and at MIT last year. Aquino came to Cambridge following heart surgery in California, an operation that had secured him release from a Filipino prison where he had been jailed since 1972 for "subversive" activities...
...Pauker who suggested that Aquino ignore Marcos's order to return to jail after recovery by accepting a fellowship at Harvard. Aquino agreed, choosing to spend the next two years researching the history of democracy in the Philippines as part of the CFIA fellows program...
...lively, dynamic person, full of warmth and vitality," said CFIA Director Samuel P. Huntington. This likable demeanor affected his politics, which were characterized by fairness Recalled Unger: "He was not one to offer a sharp, anti-Marcos diatribe...