Word: friends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...GOOD FRIEND of mine was a class representative for the 350th celebration in September. One day she and her parents were waiting in the Quincy House lobby along with the families of the other representatives...
...Sears tried to have Meese ousted from Reagan's team of advisers. Reagan would not stand for it, and Sears himself was dumped. After being nominated for Attorney General, Meese faced harsh congressional questions regarding his personal finances. Despite calls to withdraw the nomination, Reagan stuck by his old friend. Now, with serious cracks appearing in his Administration, Reagan has turned once again to his all-purpose...
Even so, the Soviet leader's stay was marked by warmth and cordiality. Moscow has long regarded India as its most valued friend among the world's nonaligned nations. Moreover, New Delhi's economic and military ties with Moscow remain strong, even though India has lately been looking to the West in its efforts to modernize its industry and diversify its weaponry. But India's trade surplus with the Soviets has become a major irritant. Last year India exported $1.5 billion in goods, mostly manufactured products, to the U.S.S.R., while its Soviet imports came to only $1.4 billion. To help...
...cease-fire was signed at Manila's Club Filipino, the sumptuous establishment in the suburb of Greenhills where President Aquino took her oath of office ten months ago. She was not present for the historic moment. Instead, along with her friend and adviser Jaime Cardinal Sin, the Archbishop of Manila, she attended a ceremony that morning marking what would have been her slain husband Benigno's 54th birthday...
Hours after he was sworn in, Ileto paid a courtesy call on Enrile and held a press conference at which he described his predecessor as an old friend. Soon afterward, the new Defense Minister was visited by some 30 RAM officers. "I preached to them about unity," Ileto said later. His visitors apparently listened. Commented one RAM member, Navy Captain Rex Robles: "The game is over...