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...predict the trajectory of a satellite. But Cory Aquino and her People Power movement, like Skylab, are losing the momentum needed to keep aloft. Isolated from the left and under increasing threat from the nation's military, Cory Aquino may well find herself living next door to Ferdinand Marcos before Christmas...
...reorganize her government and recapture the sense of high expectation that marked her early months on the job. But allies and opponents alike wondered whether she would move decisively enough to capitalize on the opportunity. Said Blas Ople, a member of the opposition who was a Labor Minister under Ferdinand Marcos: "This is a government that lives hand to mouth, politically and intellectually...
...within her government has been an embarrassment to her. Jaime Cardinal Sin, whose support helped bring Aquino to power 18 months ago, blasted the government last week for its tarnished reputation. "We thought corruption would end with the fleeing of the ousted dictator Ali Baba," he said, referring to Ferdinand Marcos. "Yet there are still 40 thieves around...
...survived five coups and rumors of countless others. She has endured confrontations with the left and the right, with Communist rebels and prickly colonels. She has moved too quickly for some Filipinos, too slowly for others, as she tries to undo two decades of corrupt rule by her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos. But along the way she has captured the imagination of both her country and the world with her gentle words and indomitable spirit...
Although it may have seemed unlikely, there was suspicion that former President Ferdinand Marcos, 69, now living in Hawaii, had a hand in the plot. In July U.S. officials revealed they had squelched a Marcos plan to buy an estimated $25 million in weapons for a coup attempt. Marcos said of last week's affair, "We are not involved," though he added that he hoped Aquino was toppled and he would gladly accept an invitation to return. No such request came from the rebels...