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...eyes of many Filipinos, the majority of the panel in fingering Ver had also impugned the President's integrity. Once Marcos' chauffeur and bodyguard, the ultraloyal Chief of Staff and the President have become increasingly dependent on each other, at least until the majority report broke. Says Charito Planas, a U.S.-based opposition leader: "Marcos and Ver are like Siamese twins. One can't do anything without the other knowing about it." The closeness of the bond has made it all the more difficult for the President to extricate himself from the Aquino affair. The U.S. Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Accusing the Military | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...unlike anything elsewhere. One Hollywood hostess, Stacey Winkler, 36, wife of Henry ("the Fonz") Winkler, is noted for her elaborate invitations. She summoned guests to a Halloween party, for example, by writing messages on the sides of pumpkins, wrapping the pumpkins in ribbons, and having them delivered by a chauffeur in a ghost costume. She was dismayed, on the other hand, when a hired bartender arrived in a tuxedo; she immediately sent him home to change into Bermuda shorts. "No one who knows us," she says proudly, "would wear a tie to one of our parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minding Our Manners Again | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...more longtime managers, editors and writers could become instant millionaires when the transaction is approved by the staff and the Labor Department. Editor Marvin Stone, 60, and Managing Editor Lester Tanzer, 54, will each collect about $5 million; employees such as Circulation Clerk Evelyn Fox (43 years seniority) and Chauffeur Obadiah Person (39 years) will collect $400,000 or more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Change of Command at U.S. News | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

After that summer with the Bakers, college was a bit of a let-down. A "B" student in my earlier years, I suddenly began to sprout "A's" on my blue books. My only outside job was chauffeuring Harvard's then-new president, James Bryant Conant '14, and his family--which entailed meeting many corporate executives at Back Bay Station en route to meetings of the Overseers. They all chatted amiably with their student chauffeur but the only advice I remember was from Charles Townsend Copeland when I drove him to what must have been one of his very last...

Author: By William Morris, | Title: Not What Had Been Expected | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...last day she was known to be alive; in Chicago. Most of the estimated $45 million estate will go to hospitals, churches and animal-welfare groups, but her will also includes a $50,000 annuity to John Matlick, 54, her longtime houseman and chauffeur, who was originally a suspect, though no evidence ever directly linked him to her disappearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 4, 1984 | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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