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...Aquino did not move against politicians linked to the conspiracy. Instead, she shut down one radio station that had been broadcasting antigovernment messages and served warning on three others. To many skeptical observers, the threatened coup was merely a ruse to justify chilling the media. Said Columnist Maximo Soliven of the Philippine Star: "That's a song we have heard before -- with the lyrics by Marcos and the music by Imelda...
...from the U.S. publisher Simon & Schuster for three books. The first volume would include his 1979 speeches to the United Nations and his views on Latin America's debt, the second his thoughts on religion and Marxism, and the third his memoirs. Questions remain, however, about whether el jefe maximo will ever receive his fee. Last November the Treasury Department issued a license to Simon & Schuster allowing it to sign a contract with Castro as long as all payments go to a blocked account in the U.S., meaning the money cannot be transferred to any other country. For its part...
...Andres Vargas Gomez, 69, a poet and a former diplomat who is the grandson of General Maximo Gomez, the architect of Cuban independence. Imprisoned by Castro in 1961, Vargas last week was reunited at Dulles with his wife Maria, a college teacher in Miami he had not seen for 24 years. (Vargas was not in prison at the time of the release but was being held on the island.) Invited by Jesse Jackson to join an airport news conference, Vargas took issue with Jackson's self-described peace offensive. Said he: "We don't want a peace that...
...Medley Relay--1. Penn State (Riedel, Mokse, Maximo, Whitner), 1:52, 13:2. Harvard (Calvert, Wilson, Greis, Black), 1:54.74 (Harvard record) 1000 Freestyle--1 Floyd (H), 10:29. 77:2. Post (P), 10:29. 82:3. Gildan (H), 10:39.83. 100 Individual Medley--1. Quinn (P), 1:01. 33:2. Smith (H). 1:02. 24: 3. Welsh (P), 1:02.95 200 Freestyle--1. Tomokins (P), 1:54.57:2. Calvert(H), 1:56.68:Floyd(H) 1:57.65. 100 Backstroke--1, Riedel(P), 1:01.34:2 Sullivan (P), 1:03.59:3 Rentoumis (H), 1:04,04, 100 Breaststroke--1. Leeshock...
...author has been accused of many things, though never of wearying his readers. Some, however, may be dissatisfied with the loose connections between Teenager's story and that of Maximo and Nicki. Both story lines meander and end abruptly as if Breslin had run out of anecdotes. But he is a brilliant descriptive journalist and compensates on nearly every page with energetic, often humorous scenes...