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...time it had ended, the largest electoral turnout in Philippine history had resoundingly endorsed the new constitution by a vote of more than 3 to 1. When the plebiscite results were proclaimed Saturday, they showed the document had been approved by some 16.6 million votes, with about 5.2 million opposed, for a winning margin of 76%. The outcome was a personal triumph for President Corazon Aquino, who had turned the plebiscite into a nationwide referendum on her government. "We have surprised the world again," said the President. "The tremendous vote of confidence of Feb. 2 reaffirms the now unquestionable legitimacy...
...committee of prominent scientists co-chaired by a Harvard professor has revised its report on the feasibility of the laser weapons that will be used in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) after the Defense Department refused to allow publication of the lengthy document, committee members said yesterday...
Originally scheduled to be published in the January issue of the journal of the American Physical Society, "Reviews of Modern Physics," the report was held up when the SDI office classified several sections of the document...
...document remains the same, it was justcleaned up," said Marshall...
...Posterity is gearing up for the 200th anniversary celebration of the historic document the Founding Fathers produced. Like last year's extravaganza for the Statue of Liberty, the Constitution's bicentennial will offer a jarring contrast between high purpose and pure kitsch. True, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, headed by former Chief Justice Warren Burger, has rejected some of the more outrageous proposals. As a result, there will be no bicentennial brownie or constitutional hot dog. The commission has nevertheless designed a circular logo -- enclosing an American flag, an eagle and a scroll with the words...