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...beat that should be relatively serene, even awe inspiring. But for the past four years, when she patrolled the 530 miles of book-lined corridors at the Library of Congress in Washington, library police detective Deborah Maceda grew increasingly disturbed by the evidence of crime run amuck. She found razor blades--perhaps for slicing pages out of books--in books and under shelves. During one eight-day period alone, she says, she discovered 33 mutilated books, including a rare 18th century anatomy folio. Other volumes had simply vanished...
...thought small classes were a good thing," said Kate C. Maceda, a parent of two kindergarteners...
...hand, the next time they will ask for my arm." After the Enrile firing, however, it was clear that someone would have to go, to meet at least the spirit of the military's demands. At week's end she announced the removal of Natural Resources Minister Ernesto Maceda and Public Works Minister Rogaciano Mercado, whose ministries have been accused of corruption. She praised both men as "stalwarts" of the opposition to Marcos and "real champions of Filipino freedom." But she added that she was "compelled by the national interest" to get rid of them...
...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: "There really was no forward planning for a sudden assumption of office. Our problems are just beginning...
...figures close to Laurel joined the Cabinet: Luis Villafuerte, 50, an investment banker and lawyer, who was chosen to head a presidential commission on government reorganization, and Ernesto Maceda, 50, also a lawyer, who received the Natural Resources portfolio. Both men, like Laurel, are former Marcos allies who severed their ties with him some years...