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...seat in the city of Manila. An outspoken critic of the Marcos regime, Tolentino has called for the President's resignation several times in recent years. He also took part in the unsuccessful 1984 Assembly battle for the abolition of Amendment 6, a constitutional provision adopted after martial law was lifted that allows the President to issue decrees and use emergency powers...
Then Marcos did something he had not done for more than a decade: he designated a Vice President, a post he had abolished after he declared martial law, evidently for fear that any understudy might someday try to hasten his departure. To the surprise of many, he picked as his running mate Arturo ("Turing") Tolentino, 75, a party maverick who was sacked as Foreign Minister nine months ago for espousing views "incompatible" with the President...
...archipelago by keeping opposition forces in jail, in disarray and in constant uncertainty about his next move. He has also not hesitated to alter the country's democratic practices to suit his purposes. He evaded the constitution's limit of two four-year terms for the presidency by declaring martial law midway through his second term. Even when Marcos lifted martial law in 1981, he did not give up his authority to rule by decree. In recent years, however, Marcos' position has been eroded by his inability to contain a growing Communist insurgency, by charges of favoritism and economic mismanagement...
...Mitterrand at Paris' Elysee Palace last week, he had achieved what he sought: the stamp of international respectability from a major West European leader. Mitterrand thus became the first Western head of state to receive Jaruzelski since the Polish leader crushed the independent trade union movement, Solidarity, and imposed martial law on the country four years ago this week...
...more martial side, the Masters of the Universe offers us: "He-man," "She-ra," "Spydor Evil Stalker," "Stridor Horse" and "Evil Horde, Heroic & Evil Figures." The evil hordesmen cost $4.97 each and liberal portions of "Battle Bones" will set you back $8.97. If we conservatively define a horde as one thousand individuals, a small-scale conventional war would cost $5,450--there may be a manufacturer's rebate, I'm not sure...