Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stability of her country has come under question. Despite an absence of any domestic difficulties during Aquino's recent tour of Indonesia, remarks made by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, a graduate of the Law School, have aroused controversy and speculation as to whether he plans to stage a coup d'etat during his bosses trip. Enrile enjoys strong support from the military and was one of the primary players in the ousting of Marcos...
...member of the Philippines' press secretariat said that an Enrile coup during Aquino's U.S. visit was unlikely...
...Enrile is a sophisticated and knowledgeble man who has the military power to stage a coup at any time. But what then? He doesn't want to become another Marcos," said Mariano L. Ezpeleta '58, a founder and board member of the Benigno S. Aquino Foundation, a Boston based organization established to preserve the fallen opposition leader's name and create academic opportunities in Philippine studies...
Enrile will not be a member of Aquino's U.S. envoy due to what he said are conflicts with his wedding anniversary. He has denied any intentions to stage a coup during the president's trip...
...rejected, collect millions. The strategy can work wonders. Less than two years ago, Santa Monica, Calif.-based Wickes Cos., a home- improvement and consumer-products firm, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and launched a series of takeover bids. Last week Chairman Sanford Sigoloff announced Wickes' latest coup: a $30 million profit on the sale of stock and options it accumulated in a $2.2 billion takeover try for Toledo- based Owens-Corning Fiberglas...