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...while away our time with a game of twenty questions, the knot between good acting and good lighting is tightening onstage. Nick Lawrence, Andrew Sullivan, and Naama Potok--as Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda, respectively--are already confident in their roles, consistently delivering fine performances. All that remains is to ensure that they don't have to speak their lines in darkness...
...parallel Bhutto has drawn between Zia and former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is wide of the mark. Corruption is widespread in Pakistan, to be sure, but Zia himself is viewed as a personally honest and religious leader. The general commands respect, if not admiration, from many Pakistanis, and has been able to sustain healthy growth in the country's economy. Last week his backers sought to blunt the effect of Bhutto's return by awarding some political favors. Prime Minister Junejo and Punjab Chief Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that, effective immediately, new land would be granted to rural tenants...
...Ferdinand Marcos' newest possessions is a hefty volume called The Litigation Book. He consults it frequently, for it contains materials on the many lawsuits in which the Philippines' ex-President is embroiled. Prepared by Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim & Blair, the Washington law firm that is directing Marcos' legal defense in the U.S., the book is very much a work in progress and is carefully updated every day. Last week's events should merit quite an entry...
...spirit of dissent in South Korea has been awakened in large part by the almost miraculous triumph of "people power" in the Philippines that led to the fall of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Yet the differences between the two countries are glaring. Not even his enemies have accused the austere and hardworking Chun of Marcos-like cronyism or corruption. His army, unlike that of the Philippines, is strikingly well disciplined and unlikely to split into factions. Most of all, the South Korean economy has boomed even as the Philippine economy collapsed. While 20 years ago the average Filipino earned almost...
Exactly one month after becoming President, Corazon Aquino appeared last week, clad in her trademark yellow, to announce her agenda for reviving democracy in the Philippines. Scrapping the 1973 constitution introduced by her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos, and dissolving the effectively powerless National Assembly dominated by Marcos' followers, she imposed a provisional constitution that allows her to rule by decree until a new charter is agreed upon. Within 60 days, Aquino promised, she will appoint a committee to draft a fresh constitution. Three months after that, she hopes to put the document to a national plebiscite. If all goes well...