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...contributions made by a San Francisco-based organization called the Mabuhay Corp. The firm was headed by Leonilo Malabed, a physician and longtime Marcos friend. The document, dated Feb. 15, 1982, lists $50,000 donations to G.O.P. Presidential Hopeful Ronald Reagan, Incumbent President Jimmy Carter and Democratic Senator Alan Cranston of California. The memo was not initialed or signed, and there was no evidence that these contributions, which would have violated federal law, were ever received. All three men vehemently denied ever getting money from Marcos, although Cranston later discovered that Malabed and an associate had contributed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Chasing Marcos' Millions | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Give credit to B.C. (8-3-1). The Eagles played with freshman backstop David Littman (26 saves), and the Cranston, R.I. native shined in his Division I debut--growing more confident as the game wore on, despite facing the wrath of 3350 partisans...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icemen Knot Eagles in OT,4-4 | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

...into his first starring role at Dublin's Gate Theater; 18 when he toured the U.S. as Mercutio in Katharine Cornell's version of Romeo and Juliet; 20 when he wowed New York by staging an all-black Macbeth; 22 when he became the celebrated radio voice of Lamont Cranston ("The Shadow knows!"); 23 when he touched off a national panic with his broadcast of a Martian invasion in H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Invited to Hollywood to do pretty much as he pleased, he started out by creating one of the best films ever made, Citizen Kane, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Orson Wells | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...that the U.S. will impose even stronger sanctions if Preto- ria refuses to work toward re- form. Scoffed House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "The President did a somersault this weekend. Unfortunately, he landed on his head." Determined not to let an effective political issue slip away, California Senator Alan Cranston declared, "The Republican Party is going to look weak on apartheid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Cut His Losses | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...waverers with a dramatic pledge. "If there is any slippage, if there is any turning back on the part of the President," Dole said, then he would personally reintroduce the bill and support it. The call to bring the sanctions to a vote was defeated 57 to 41. But Cranston vowed to try to attach the measure to legislation that Reagan could not easily veto, like an upcoming bill that would raise the federal debt ceiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Cut His Losses | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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