Word: friends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really good friend. She got to know people's backgrounds," said Brad Hartman, another Adams House employee. Hartman said the dining hall staff will be sending flowers to Daniels, but added that only family members can visit...
...Then Donnie died," says Chris Rockins, Rogers' best friend and replacement at free safety. "Hanford settled down, became quiet and purposeful ((and all-Pro)). We all did. Some put Donnie's number, 20, on a wristband, others on a shoe or a glove. But we all drew strength in our own way, came together and maybe just grew up. His picture is in the lounge, and sometimes I come in and catch guys just looking...
...there anything blasphemous in the gossipy intimacies that Therese swaps with her young acolytes about their love for Jesus. "Fondle him," she advises a friend. "That's how I snared him." Therese dies as she lived, a coquette for Christ, gaily fanning the crucifix on her sickbed pillow. "Back together again?" a nun asks of Therese and her beloved. The girl nods: "Poor thing. He's so lonely." Her mission was to make everyone feel happier, less lonely. A century later, she does so on film. Therese is enough to restore one's faith, at least, in the power...
...Cory's life between politics and faith. As a traditional Filipino flesh presser, Ninoy regarded all politics as dirty politics and was content to join the rough-and-tumble system in order to beat it. Cory, however, disapproved of such chicanery, and in deference to her, Ninoy and his friends never discussed skulduggery when she was present. "The minute she entered the room," says one close family friend, "people put on their best behavior. Even Ninoy behaved when Cory was around. I was nervous when Cory served the coffee. She can be very cutting, and she will...
...Aquino admires for their idealism and especially for the faithfulness with which they stood by her husband during the dark days of martial law. Ninoy's lawyer Joker Arroyo is her executive secretary; Ninoy's cellmate Jose Diokno is chairman of the Presidential Commission on Human Rights; Ninoy's friend Locsin is her speechwriter. Many people feel that Aquino is too protective of these advisers and that they are too protective of her. The prime target of these charges is the principled but overworked Arroyo, who sometimes spends as much as six hours a day huddling with the President...