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...fighters screamed overhead in tight formation, native horns blasted, and a 1,000-voice choir boomed out Handel's Hallelujah Chorus ("And he shall reign for ever and ever") with no apparent sense of irony. Yet perhaps the greatest source of satisfaction for President Ferdinand Marcos last week as he celebrated his third inauguration in 16 years was that standing on the rostrum with Marcos and his wife Imelda was U.S. Vice President George Bush. After years of friction with Jimmy Carter over human rights, the Marcos regime was in favor again with a U.S. President. Indeed, Bush went...
Last week, in the Philippines, the government of President Ferdinand Marcos ordered Maryknoll Father Edward Shellito out of the country, claiming that he had not only fomented political unrest but had portrayed Jesus Christ as a rebel...
...somewhat of a nervous time, but we did take care of a lot of good business." So said Secretary of State Alexander Haig to President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines in Manila last week, summarizing his three days of talks with Chinese leaders in Peking. Haig probably understated both the achievements and the hazards of what had been accomplished. The Secretary not only enhanced a U.S.-China relationship that had been deteriorating since Ronald Reagan took office but moved the two countries closer to a partnership that was sure to alarm the Soviets. The most visible symbol...
...country about to go to the polls in a national presidential election, the Philippines was remarkably free last week of campaign rhetoric and barnstorming by candidates. There was a very good reason. The only serious contender for the office was President Ferdinand E. Marcos himself, and even he seemed to have wearied of the charade. Marcos' wife Imelda, 51, who is Human Settlements Minister and second in power only to her husband, has made a few campaign appearances, but the President, 63, has not ventured out for two weeks. The significant political opposition, meanwhile, was sticking to its unanimous...
...people value most and crucifies it upside down; he aims to induce a paralysis of foreboding. Every terrorist dreams of squeezing just the right nerve in the neck of civilization, of getting the "sweet spot," of hitting it big, like Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the way from a ceremony in Sarajevo and brought all of Europe crashing down...