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...greatest athlete ounce for ounce in the history of sport rode in and out with courage and cunning last week to grasp his fourth Kentucky Derby in his 24th try and his 55th year. Churchill Downs politely applauded the long shot Ferdinand but wildly cheered his passenger, and maybe for the first time in 112 years roses seemed inadequate. Nearly 30 springs after misjudging the finish line on Gallant Man and losing by a nostril to Iron Liege, Willie Shoemaker won the Derby again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fresh Roses for Shoe | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...fair, director Patrick Bradford's Tempest is worth seeing for its first-rate performances. Eric Oleson is superb as the aging Gonzalo, shuffling and pontificating with perfect ease. Nick Lawrence pulls off a highly credible Prospero; Naama Potok and Andrew Sullivan are convincing as the youthful lovers Miranda and Ferdinand...

Author: By Ariz Posner, | Title: Not the Sum of Its Parts | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

HONOLULU--Deposed President Ferdinand Marcos indicated in a telephone conversation with President Reagan that he would like to return to power in the Philippines, but Reagan "said nothing to encourage him," a senior U.S. official said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Telephones Marcos in Honolulu | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...Ferdinand Marcos may be down and he may be out, but he is hardly ready to be consigned to the history books just yet. Last week the ousted President of the Philippines and his supporters sought to seize the offensive by both word and deed. From his exile in Hawaii, Marcos in an interview with TIME boldly charged a direct American role in a "conspiracy for a coup d'etat" that he claimed was quashed by loyal forces before he fled the Philippines on Feb. 26. In interviews with a Manila radio station, the former dictator also reversed his calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Marcos Seizes the Offensive | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...Behind every great fortune there is a crime," wrote Honore de Balzac, and Swiss bankers seem to be concluding that the French novelist was right. Less than one month after freezing the bank accounts of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Switzerland last week took similar action against Haiti's deposed dictator, Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Baby Doc's Cold Cash | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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