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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the only good thing that can be said about the end of the ceasefire is that it will at least get restless troops out of their barracks. However there is no reason to believe that a reversion to attempts at a military solution--which failed for 10 years under Marcos--will have any greater success this time around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENTARY: | 2/11/1987 | See Source »

...suspects that the old troublemaker will find new trouble spots in the political landscape; the soapbox spieler will continue his spellbinding harangues. His mind and moral sense are too restless to relax in the glow of celebrity and the promise of statuettes. But for the moment, Oliver Stone has found for himself the one plot twist he would never have put in Platoon: a happy ending to his Viet Nam nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Platoon: Viet Nam, the way it really was, on film | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

What is Julie Christie doing in this Argentine snooze, when she ought to be igniting bigger, better movies? It is, we guess, an act of both faith and good works for this star with a restless conscience. Some social spirits visit Nicaragua or link hands across America; Christie lends her wattage to a chancy project with a woman director. In the process she gives acting lessons to a diligent but amateur Argentine theatrical troupe. At 45, Christie can appear worn, her face sculpted in suffering, yet on her it looks beautiful. And she is still the consummate actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Little Sex, a Little Death | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...skill. In the process of both the revolution and her first year in office, she has restored the pride of her people and has become a hero for women around the world. Nonetheless, in ruling her troubled country, she still faces a myriad of problems, including a weak economy, restless armed forces and a Communist insurgency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...economically depressed island of Negros. "The people welcomed me, but it was because I was bringing them a check, which meant rice for them," she said frankly. "I have the impression that if elections are held, we are lost, because only Marcos can give them rice and pesos." Then, restless at so much inconclusive talk, she excused herself to go to a nearby church for Mass. "If you have some answers," she said curtly in parting, "please let us know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cory Aquino: Starting the Campaign with Hope and a Prayer | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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