Word: saids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three years before Corazon Aquino rode a wave of national anger to become President of the Philippines, one of the country's most astute political observers made an eerily prescient assessment. "So she becomes the rallying point," he said. "Immediately, corruption will increase. Everybody will feather his nest. At that point, she will be nudged to the side and be made a scapegoat for the mess. Then the military will take over. They will say, 'Well, we've given you your chance.' But they will have made sure she would fail. They will then throw her to the people...
...with those who had come closer than ever to unseating her. Even before the latest coup ended, plots were being hatched for the next stage of the rebellion, one the planners are certain will bring about Aquino's fall. As a government trooper who helped put down the mutiny said of the rebels: "Sir, they are not the enemy...
...many as 100,000 Filipinos showed up to wave banners and shout, "Cory! Cory!" However, it was reported that some participants were bused in from the provinces, and the government's claim of a turnout of 1 million was hyperbole. But the crowd loved her performance. Said a bystander: "Now we can sleep at night...
...Lieut. Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan, mastermind of the last two coup attempts, and General Jose Maria Zumel, a renegade officer loyal to the cause of Marcos. In a phone call, Abenina told TIME that the rebels could count on about 60% of the military for support. Soon, he said, they will begin a new phase of the rebellion, destroying property and, perhaps, waging a campaign of political assassinations...
...denies that the group is out to kill Aquino. "We shall give her a pleasurable life as a private citizen," said Abenina. "Her official acts -- like the declaration of state of emergency -- we will not question." But he said they would scrutinize her private failure to discipline manipulative ; relatives. For the past year, Aquino has promised to prosecute "one big fish" on graft charges but has yet failed to land a catch. Abenina added, "Had America not intervened, this civil war would have been over...