Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bulletin from Manila scored a clear beat for United Press International: Correspondent Max Vanzi, who was on the scene, was thus able to report 3½ hours ahead of his Associated Press rivals, who depended on government spokesmen, that Philippine Politician Benigno Aquino had been shot down moments after returning from exile. Yet when the declarative U.P.I, report and a hedged, uncertain A.P. bulletin came over the wire to the Washington Post shortly after 2 a.m. two weeks ago, editors decided to play it safe and put into their final edition a story saying only that Aquino had been arrested...
Another self-exiled politician had better luck than Aquino. Joshua Nkomo, portly leader of Zimbabwe's opposition ZAPU party, had promised to return "like a lion, not a lamb," and last week he flew back to Harare after five months in London. In the airport lobby, a crowd of jubilant supporters danced and clapped, shouting high-pitched cries of welcome...
...brightest of F.D.R.'s bright young men, Cohen came to Washington via Harvard Law School and a New York practice and quickly established himself as the most liberal troubleshooter in the President's brain trust. The bashful, bespectacled corporate lawyer-in partnership with the flamboyant politician Thomas G. Corcoran-masterminded the details of establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fair Labor Standards Act and other governmental landmarks. Cohen, who returned to private practice in 1947, served President Truman as a delegate to the U.N. Disarmament Commission...
...candidacy are many black elected officials who got where they are by building coalitions with white moderates, Mayor Andrew Young, a longtime associate of Jackson's from the days when they worked together on King's staff, is one. "A Jackson candidacy creates a problem for the 'real' politician with a Black base who needs white support," he contends. Young, who was leaning toward endorsing Mondale, has decided to work with Jackson for now in hopes of channeling the PUSH president's energy into other directions: "I may be joining up with him as a means of dissuading him from...
Until June, the occasional coup attempt originated with two fringe groups: friends of the deposed Lucas Garcia or supporters of the right-wing politician Leonel Sisniega Otero. On June 28, however, senior military commanders met with Rios Montt and demanded that he fire his religious aides, disband an advisory group of young officers and set a date for early elections. The President pacified them by agreeing to fire the junior officers, but the effect was fleeting...