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...doubt when the process began. It was Aug. 21, 1983, on the tarmac at Manila's international airport. On that day, opposition politician Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino Jr., 50, returning from three years of self-imposed exile in the U.S., was shot as he stepped off a jetliner into a crowd of soldiers and well-wishers. Though Ferdinand Marcos, the country's authoritarian President, tried to blame communist agitators, one Filipino civilian and 25 members of the military, including General Fabian Ver, the armed-forces chief of staff and Marcos stalwart, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to murder. The defendants...
...Enrile resigned from the government and announced that he was joining the opposition forces. Early in the morning of Feb. 24, a crowd of Marcos supporters armed with batons and tear gas moved toward Camp Crame, where the reformers were gathered. Over transistor radios, Marcos was heard vowing, "We'll wipe them out. It is obvious they are committing a rebellion." And over Radio Veritas came Enrile's reply: "I am not going to surrender...
...Game Tanks arrived. when helicopters began circling overhead, it looked as if the reformist rebellion was over. But then the choppers landed, and out came airmen waving white flags and giving the L sign for laban (fight), a symbol of the opposition. The crowd, realizing that the air force was now defecting, went wild...
...liberties of our people were taken away at midnight 14 years ago [when martial law was declared], the people should formally recover those rights and liberties in the full light of day." An hour later Ferdinand Marcos stepped onto the balcony at Malacañang Palace before a crowd of 4,000 cheering supporters and took the oath of office. "Whatever we have before us, we will overcome," he promised, while his wife Imelda vowed to serve the people "all my life up to my last breath." Though she was choked with emotion, few people outside the palace sensed that...
...Julie & Julia is structured around the idea of two women "finding" themselves, but in its examination of the way talent, hard work and ambition are doled out in unequal measures to different women - both ultimately successful - it's got an undercurrent of All About Eve. This is a charming crowd pleaser, but it's also surprisingly bold. Ephron has varied her usual moviemaking recipe, proof that Julia Child still inspires...