Word: ramon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their destination, the offices of two Manila lawyers, they listened with rapt attention to the secret testimony of Ramon Balang, 28, a Philippine Airlines ground mechanic who had been present at Manila International Airport on the day of the shooting. Balang's revelations were galvanizing: he was the first airport witness to give testimony under oath that is contrary to the military version of the event. His story raised grim new questions about the Marcos regime's contention that Aquino had been killed by Rolando Galman, a hired gun with alleged Communist ties. Said Juan David, a representative...
...asset, its human capital. At stake, too, is simple human dignity. If wolves and bears and birds take meticulous care of their young, why are human beings subjecting theirs to whippings and punches and sexual perversion? Children, with their unrestrained love and unquestioning trust, deserve better. Says Sergeant Dick Ramon, head of the sex-crimes unit of the Seattle police department: "Child abuse is the ultimate crime, the ultimate betrayal." -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Meg Grant/Los Angeles and James Wilde/New York
...separatists who resist accepting English have won laws and court cases mandating provision of social services, some government instructions, even election ballots in Spanish. The legitimizing effect of these decisions can be seen in the proliferation of billboards, roadside signs and other public communications posted in Spanish. Acknowledges Professor Ramon Ruiz of the University of California at San Diego: "The separatism question is with us already." The most portentous evidence is in the classrooms. Like its political cousins, equal opportunity and social justice, bilingual education is a catchall term that means what the speaker wishes it to mean...
...accompanied the Newstour: "I assumed nothing could touch the pure muscle of the refineries along the Houston Ship Channel, but the La Cangrejera complex dwarfs any single facility in Houston. And it isn't even the largest oil facility in Mexico." In Coatzacoalcos, the group met with Mario Ramon Beteta, the new director-general of Pemex, the state oil monopoly, who was crisp and candid in discussing the problems of his nation's petroleum industry...
...south-of-the-border binge has been a bonanza for restaurateurs like Ramon Gallardo, 45, a-Mexican immigrant and ex-dishwasher who opened a St. Louis dining spot called Casa Gallardo just six years ago. The place quickly became so popular that General Mills purchased it in 1979 and immediately began building Casa Gallardo restaurants from Florida to Ohio. The chain (1981 sales: $20.4 million) now has 17 outlets and will soon open seven more. Gallardo, who was promoted from Casa Gallardo president to chairman last June, now drives a silver Mercedes and lives in a posh St. Louis suburb...