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...most Filipinos are caught up in the euphoria of what they call liberation. But the confetti and adoring crowds cannot last forever. "This government is sincerely committed to reform," says one Western diplomat. "But they will learn that this is easier said than done." There will be a honeymoon, perhaps six months, after which 56 million Filipinos will expect to see results from their new leaders. "No matter how good she is," observed Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, "she is almost incapable of meeting the expectations of the Philippine people." Said Ernesto Maceda, Aquino's Minister of Natural Resources...
Stallone is on his honeymoon at an undisclosedlocation and could not be reached for comment. HisHollywood publicist, Paul Bloch, said Stallone islooking forward to his first visit to a university"he has great respect...
...afterward treated 150 or so guests, including John Travolta, Donna Summer and Bruce Jenner, to a sit-down dinner, followed by dancing to Righteous Brothers' songs performed by Bill Medley. After a twirl on the dance floor that left guests mesmerized, the couple dashed off for a one-day honeymoon at a Los Angeles hotel. Next morning Sly and "Gitte" were back at work on the set of their conjugal star vehicle, Cobra--an action movie, of course. Rocky and Rambo never did have much time for relationships...
...long meetings and personality clashes, but this time avoided bitter fights over desegregation, tight budgets, and even an AIDS policy. Despite occasionally drifting from its relatively peaceful course, the committee has been calm, members say, partly because of the careful search for the new superintendent and his subsequent "honeymoon" period...
...performed a racial balancing act, epitomized by the appointment of a cabinet that is exactly half white and half black. (Goode won the office with 25% of the white vote and more than 98% of the black.) A graduate of the Wharton School, Goode has had an unusually long honeymoon with the business community, as well as with liberals and the press. He did away with Philadelphia's old-fashioned mercantile tax, which in effect imposed a sales tax on city goods no matter where they were sold, and replaced it with a more modern tax on corporate earnings...