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Chamorro has long since taken her measure of the Sandinistas. For eight months after the 1979 overthrow of Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, she sat on the ruling junta with Ortega before resigning in anger over the new government's leftward march. Still, Chamorro has not lost her sense of humor. When Ortega visited her house, he asked why pictures of her husband with leaders of the revolution had disappeared. "I told him that, frankly, looking at you ((Sandinistas)) gave me a headache," she said. If all goes according to plan, the first edition of the reborn La Prensa will appear...
...years ago, the defense played spectacularly. Last year, the offense shined. This year both units should be ready to play steady, if not spectacular, hockey. They must if Harvard intends to overthrow two-time defending Ivy champion Pennsylvania...
...Movement (RAM), a group of officers intent on rebuilding the army's image and capability, and was security chief for Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, 63, during much of Enrile's 15 years at the head of the Philippines' defense establishment. Aquino fired Enrile last November for allegedly conspiring to overthrow her. Late last week, after briefly dropping from sight, Enrile resurfaced in Manila and declared, "I had nothing to do with...
Enlisted men and officers are also disgruntled with low wages and severe shortages of the most basic supplies. Those conditions, combined with Honasan's charismatic personality, no doubt fueled last week's coup attempt. Some of the colonel's confederates say Honasan did not plan to overthrow the popular Aquino but had only wanted to force the resignation of Ramos and improve the military's lot. But Captain Rex Robles, a close friend of Honasan's, believes the main target was the President. Said Robles: "If you bring Ramos down, then who is Cory...
...discuss his tentative support of the Guatemala plan, as well as his sponsorship of a rival accord hammered out with Democratic House Speaker Jim Wright, his guests angrily denounced both pacts. They argued that either one of them would destroy the U.S.-backed contras who are fighting to overthrow Ortega's Sandinista government. Said Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, a 700,000-member lobbying group: "I think it's the biggest mistake that Reagan has made during his presidency...