Word: manila
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rumor mill had already established the date and time of the coming coup: Dec. 1 at 3 a.m. But Manila was used to rumors. And since the failure of the last big putsch, in August 1987, most of the talk had led nowhere, good only for a stir in the stock market or titillation among armchair plotters in the capital's gossipy coffee shops. At 10 p.m. on Nov. 30, the speculation was scotched as the government announced the arrest of three members of an elite military division who had attempted to sabotage a provincial communications station south of Manila...
...plot had barely begun. Just after midnight, as Manila slept, a contingent of 200 Philippine marines and Scout Rangers stationed themselves above a strategic highway leading to Fort Bonifacio, headquarters of the Philippine army, and suburban Villamor Air Base. Accompanied by two armored personnel carriers, the soldiers were armed with automatic rifles and supplied with mortars. On their left sleeves they bore a strange white patch with the letters RAM-SFP. The first three initials identified the men as members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, an organization of Young Turks that was thought to have been disbanded after...
IHAD a job last year sorting articles for a sociologist who was writing a book on New York City. My mission was to read newspaper articles and then put them in manila folders with labels like "Homelessness," "Ethnicity" and "Transportation." Although most of my folders had straightforward labels, one of them was mysteriously marked "NIMBY...
...Force F-4 Phantom jets from Clark Air Base, 50 miles north of Manila, roared over the city yesterday, halting rebel air attacks. The rebels had raided the presidential palace, military camps and a television station earlier in the day with planes and helicopters...
...Bush administration official said U.S. planes began flying over the two rebel-held Philippine air bases, Sangley Point and Villamor, after authorization was received at 1:32 p.m. Manila time...