Word: pacifico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nurses guilty of three poisoning charges and conspiracy, but acquitted Narciso of the murder count against her. The nurses, who could be sentenced to life imprisonment, listened impassively to the verdict, but later emotionally charged that they were victims of a racially prejudiced jury. From Manila, Dr. Pacifico Marcos, brother of the Philippine President and head of the defense fund drive, expressed shock. Said he: "It's a miscarriage of justice." Still free on $75,000 bond, the nurses will appeal...
...virtue of that allegiance. As Edmund Burke put it, these were ties "which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron." In a moment of difficulty or danger, a man's British citizenship could easily be his most valuable possession. In 1849, when Don Pacifico, a Jewish merchant of Malta, was refused compensation by the Greek government for injuries he had suffered at the hands of some of its citizens, Lord Palmerston, Britain's Prime Minister, sent the British navy to blockade Piraeus. British subjects the world over, Palmerston told the House of Commons...