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...impugning the military, the mainstay of Marcos' power for more than a decade, the memorandum deals a powerful blow to a regime that is already embattled. Indeed, the shot that killed Aquino badly wounded the Marcos government. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, silent during twelve years of martial law, began taking to the streets last year to call for an end to the President's autocratic rule. Around the country, meanwhile, the 10,000 guerrillas of the Communist New People's Army have continued to gain momentum in their 16-year struggle against the central government. That...
...million purchase in 1973 of a company that makes class rings. Since 1980 sales have been flat (1983 revenues: $3.4 billion). Says Dan B. Williams, an analyst with Sutro & Co., a San Francisco investment banking firm: "Some observers think Carnation has been stodgy in new-product introductions. Its mainstay is milk, and dry milk is a no-growth area." That highly cautious strategy was dictated by Olson, who takes pride in Carnation's record of 31 straight years of increased annual earnings...
...systems to improve as the camera is refined. Competition, moreover, could eventually force prices down by 30% to 40% and thus add greatly to the product's popularity. Indeed, a Sony spokesman has already predicted, "The 8-mm camera will in the long run become the mainstay of home video recording...
Sudduth has been a mainstay of the men's Heavyweight Crew during his time at Harvard. This past year he stroked the boat to a 2-2 record...
...result, American ICBMs are smaller and less numerous than the Soviets'. The mainstay of the U.S. ICBM force, 550 Minuteman IIIs, are classified as "light" ICBMs and have three warheads each, while the backbone of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces is made up of 308 "heavy" SS-18s, each able to carry ten warheads, and around 500 "medium" SS-17s and SS-19s, with four and six warheads respectively. The American MX, which is still under development as well as under heated debate, is about the size of the SS-19, but would have as many warheads...