Word: revoltingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drivers' revolt won despite expensive pro-seat-belt campaigns supported by automakers, who face a federal mandate to install air bags in cars if two- thirds of the population is not required to buckle up by 1989. Opponents had argued that seat-belt laws interfered with personal liberty. But freedom has its price: with accident claims certain to rise, insurance companies in both states are already threatening hikes in their auto premiums...
...military's role in the revolution. We mounted a military revolt against President Marcos. The people supported us, as we expected. The leaders of the opposition were not there; they only appeared on the last day. At that point we had complete control of the republic's military organization, except for a few units. President Marcos was already dealing with us. He was not dealing with the opposition. We could have effectively run the country at that point. In fact, we were exercising governmental powers. Only then did they (the opposition) appear at our camp. We readily and willingly transferred...
...become more ominous. Three days after Enrile led the chanting anti-Aquino crowd, he was joined in his attacks by Vice President Salvador Laurel, who sided with Enrile against the President in a Cabinet dispute over when the next presidential election should be held. With Enrile headed toward open revolt and Laurel fast on his heels, nervous questions began to emerge about the future of Aquino's eight-month-old government. Is it coming apart at the seams? Or is the Philippines enjoying a feisty demonstration of democracy in action...
...past. The seeds of discord date from the very revolution that put Aquino in Malacanang Palace and Enrile at her side. Aquino supporters describe the heady February revolution as a popular uprising that was backed by the military. Enrile, on the other hand, paints Marcos' ouster as a military revolt that enjoyed popular support. "Cory didn't give me my job. I already had it," Enrile said more than once last week. "The military gave...
...revolution is neither ubiquitous nor permanent. We need, therefore, something beyond poverty and misery to explain why there is revolt in some places and not others. This takes us out of the realm of what is usually meant by root causes, to culture, history, revolutionary leadership, foreign sponsorship and other presumably contingent causes...