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That sentiment is widely shared in the Philippines and in Washington. In both places, there is a near overwhelming sense that a chapter of history is almost over: the Marcos era. Over the two decades since his first democratic election in 1965, the President has run the gamut of transformation, changing from a populist reformer to a modernizing strongman to, in recent years, a fading and often grotesque shadow of his former authoritarian self. In the process, he has profoundly changed his country, at times in the past for the better, but of late decidedly for the worse...
Were it not for a tendency toward improvidence among a certain slice of our society, the seven would not have flown. Consider the name of one: Chapter XI. According to Julie Moore, the "wrench," or mechanic, on Chapter XI, the bomber burns 150 gallons of gasoline an hour, and a quart or two of oil. Taking maintenance into account, she estimates the operating cost at $650 an hour. A co-owner with her husband Jack Moore, an emergency-room physician in Sarasota and a former naval flight surgeon, she proudly displays her simple silver wedding band. "You will notice...
...Flying Chapter XI were Jack Moore and Robbie Robinson, a retired Delta pilot who first found the plane in a field in Caldwell, N.J., in 1977. It had been cannibalized. There was nothing left but the wings, the fuselage and the engine. The right side was painted green, the left side red, and the wings were white with black stripes. It was called Psychedelic Monster then, and it fetched a price of $1,700. A $25,000 investment later, Robinson was able to fly the plane to Fort Lauderdale, where its renovation came to another $138,000. Robinson's reasoning...
...have no idea who did it. I condemn it," said Kenneth Sidman, head of the Boston chapter...
...Wednesday--Arthur J. Moneybags VI is stripped of his one-week-old membership in the prestigious Porcellian Club, when it discovers that Moneybags Petroleum Co. has filed for Chapter 77 bankruptcy in Houston. "This is no downscale frat," sniffs a Porc spokesman...