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With her address to students at New York University last week (see WORLD), Philippine President Corazon Aquino became the fourth major figure drawn from the personalities in the news to participate in the TIME Distinguished Speakers Program. Initiated by TIME three years ago as part of the festivities marking the magazine's 60th anniversary, the purpose of the program is to provide the outstanding men and women who have appeared on TIME covers with a platform from which to address students at colleges and universities across the country...
...first visit to the U.S. since becoming President, and everywhere she went Corazon Aquino's reception seemed to get warmer and warmer. When her commercial Philippine Airlines 747 touched down at San Francisco International airport, she was greeted by nearly 1,000 supporters shouting "Cory! Cory! Cory!" After switching to a special U.S. Government aircraft for the cross-country flight to Washington, the Philippine leader charmed White House officials with her simple, direct manner. A private meeting with President Reagan that had been scheduled for 15 minutes stretched out to 45, and afterward Reagan declared, "I'm bullish...
More than 400 people were in attendance last week at the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library of New York University in Manhattan to hear an address by Philippine President Corazon Aquino under the auspices of Distinguished Speakers Program and to ask her questions afterward. Excerpts from Aquino's remarks on the role the press played in the Philippine revolution...
...Philippine President Corazon Aquino's first official visit to the U.S. and a planned meeting with Ronald Reagan at the White House, Manila was rife with rumors that a military coup might take place during her absence. Despite persistent friction within her government between some civilian Cabinet members and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who last week warned that he might react "like Rambo" if his colleagues continued their criticism, the President seemed unperturbed. Looking fresh and relaxed, Aquino had just finished giving a group of schoolchildren a tour as she greeted TIME Hong Kong Bureau Chief William Stewart...
...week of stormy weather. First a typhoon deluged Manila, then Washington criticized President Corazon Aquino for not being tough enough on Communist insurgents. And there were new rumblings from negotiators for the rebels, who warned that government statements were threatening the month-old cease-fire talks. President Aquino found a patch of political sunshine, however, in a historic agreement with Muslim Leader Nur Misuari to pursue autonomy for the 5 million Muslims in the southern Philippines...