Word: imelda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...visitors from America had come to pay a courtesy call on Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his stylish wife Imelda. Dutifully diplomatic, they praised Autocrat Marcos for his leadership and vision. The President was flattered, and one of the guests continued to gush. "Looking at the way you chose your wife, I can see you're not so dumb," said Muhammad Ali. Joe Frazier flinched, but Marcos quickly counterpunched. "Looking at yours," he informed the heavyweight champ, "I can see you're not so far behind...
...largest consciousness-raising group." The consciousness-raisers present included one female Prime Minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, and about a dozen wives of national leaders, promptly dubbed "wifey-poos" by disdainful feminists. Among them: Jehan Sadat of Egypt, Nusrat Bhutto of Pakistan, Leah Rabin of Israel, and Imelda Marcos of the Philippines...
That mysterious exchange of aphorisms took place in Peking last week, when visiting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos paid the derigueur courtesy call on venerable Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Accompanied by his wife Imelda and teen-age daughters Irene and Imee, Marcos spent four days in China and ended the visit by signing a declaration by which the Philippines became the 100th nation to recognize Peking. At the same time, Manila withdrew its recognition of the Chinese Nationalist government on Taiwan...
...Marcos' first trip to the Middle Kingdom-Imelda had visited Peking last September-was as strange as the conversation with Mao. Marcos, long an ardent antiCommunist, has for years ruthlessly suppressed Communist rebels in the Philippines. Only a few years ago, he was being castigated in Peking as a reactionary lackey of American imperialism. For the Philippines, recognition of China was an inevitable coming to terms with one of Asia's dominant powers, following the final American exit from Indochina. China, for its part, skillfully turned the occasion into a showpiece for an assertive display of anti-Soviet...
...were the Crown Prince of Japan, the Governor General of Australia, the Presidents of Sri Lanka and Pakistan and the vice president of India. The somewhat modest U.S. delegation was headed by Presidential Counsel Philip Buchen and Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. Most prominent among the women guests was Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, whose retinue of 40 included Mrs. Henry Ford II and Dr. and Mrs. Christiaan Barnard. They had been visiting the Marcoses in Manila and decided to come along for the party. Also on hand were a colorful assortment of maharajahs who, having lost their...