Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hall, 29, an occasional model, won national attention during the Iran- contra hearings as the loyal secretary who helped Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North shred documents. She later landed on a Barbara Walters special and, while refusing tawdry offers and showing no tasteless impatience, has enlisted the William Morris Agency to represent her. She would like to latch onto an on-the-air TV job. "If I don't try this," Hall explains, "I might regret...
Rebel activity in Bicol, as elsewhere, has sharply escalated in the month since loyal generals headed by Armed Forces Chief Fidel Ramos put down the military rebellion. The number of armed clashes with the Communist rebels is up 140%, while the government's military casualties have increased from a daily average of three to 4.4. Seeking to bolster the efficiency and loyalty of her army, Aquino early last week authorized a middle-level military reshuffle to replace 21 officers, some of whom are thought to have been involved in the August coup attempt...
Meanwhile, nearly a month after the violent mutiny of Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan and 14 of the country's 86 army battalions, disaffection with Aquino among Philippine troops continued to grow. Playing for time, the President appears to have become heavily dependent on loyal officers in the armed forces. Contributing to the rising sense of danger, the Manila press crackled with new rumors of coups and palace intrigue...
...attempts against the President, may have called in his debts last week. When it became clear that Aquino wanted to keep her friend Arroyo in the Cabinet -- and to shunt Ramos 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...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, 59, thrives on controversy. As leader of the far-right National Front, he has won a small but loyal following by advocating such policies as the repatriation of recent immigrants from North Africa and the virtual imprisonment of AIDS victims in special hospitals. But none of those positions has drawn as much opposition as one he took last week. Appearing on a radio panel show, Le Pen was asked about Nazi extermination chambers in the Holocaust. "The gas chambers," he replied, "are a detail in the history of World...