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Aquino knew she would have to be more than a symbol. To those who would have her be "Mother of the Nation," Aquino said, "I will remain a mother to my children, but I intend to be Chief Executive of this nation. And for the male chauvinists in the audience, I intend as well to be the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Philippines." But inexperience and the chronic fractiousness of Philippine politics have frittered away her advantages. Today many Filipinos, while still fond of Aquino, would welcome a coup that would replace her dithering administration with...
Maybe, now that women have got a foot in the door, it's time to pause and figure out what we intend to do when we get inside. Equality with men is a fine ambition, and I'll fight for any woman's right to do any foolish or benighted thing that men are paid and honored for. But ultimately, assimilation is just not good enough. As one vintage feminist T shirt used to say, IF YOU THINK EQUALITY IS THE GOAL . . . YOUR STANDARDS...
...market, can do that." But the trouble, according to the radicals, was that his plan did not go far enough. When his stratagem was made public three days before the official presentation, thunderings of outrage rolled in from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union's largest republic, which intends to begin its own 500-day crash conversion to a free market on Nov. 1. Calling the Gorbachev plan "deliberate deception" in its finances and a likely "catastrophe," Russian leader and maverick reformer Boris Yeltsin reaffirmed his commitment to more drastic measures. In a chilling allusion to last December's Romanian...
Perhaps the one thing that will get the two through the year without too much conflict is a shared interest in the council, and in politics in general. Both intend to continue their political careers after graduation, and--as Hornstein remembers it--the two share a curiousity about government as an academic field as well...
These people who intend to infringe on freedom of speech to suppress a minority's dissenting view may want to simply secede and create their own facist "PC" state, where everyone must be of one, and only one, mind. In this country, however, we don't tolerate this disgusting oppression...