Word: jokers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates in the fall, America needs Bill Lee--if only for the simple reason that he has a personality. He's not a very serious candidate--he hopes to abolish the law of gravity, for instance--but he often makes too much sense to be dismissed as a simple joker...
...demanded the resignation of all 26 members of her Cabinet. Now advisers who had been at her side since the beginning of her tumultuous political career were departing Malacanang Palace. Among them were the leaders of the Cabinet factions whose intramural bickering had made ruling virtually impossible: Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo, her closest confidant, and Finance Secretary Jaime Ongpin, the industrialist whose expertise had given the country's debt renegotiations a needed dose of respectability...
...into a less strategic post, or perhaps even an ambassadorship -- the general balked. Amid a sudden rumor that loyal generals would stage a coup if Arroyo was retained, Aquino relented. "If Cory had her choice, as she used to," said a Western analyst in Manila, "she would have kept Joker on and kicked Ramos upstairs. But to her dismay, she found out she could do neither." On TV last week, she assured her people that she was "on top of the situation." But as the chaos around her deepens, Filipinos fear there may be little Aquino...
Aquino may reinstate most of her Cabinet ministers, but one case will be a problem: Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo. When she asked the Cabinet to resign last November, the move was designed largely to oust a rival, Juan Ponce Enrile, who was then Defense Minister. This time the likely target is a faithful friend of more than 15 years. Arroyo, 61, whose first name derives from his father's fondness for card playing, is easily the most powerful member of the Cabinet. The former human rights lawyer screens Aquino's official papers and correspondence as well as all requests...
...except fight and quarrel with each other?" To the officials present she said, "I want all your resignations right now." She then called the emergency session of the full Cabinet. Said U.S. Political Analyst Richard Kessler: "For a long time, the question has been, 'Can Cory live without Joker?' Now she really can't live with...