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...gush freely. Some of the more interesting, if unsubstantiated: First, Enrile and Ramos did not rebel in favor of Aquino. They tried to seize power themselves, failed and then had to strike a deal with Aquino to save their own skins. Second, Enrile was ousted in the recent cabinet shake-up because of his dealings with Communists, for whom he had arranged arms shipments and whom he occasionally hired to protect his private fiefdom in the Philippine countryside...
That radical shake-up also succeeded in soothing, for the moment, some of the restiveness of the 250,000 men of the army. General Ramos, the head of the armed services, has declared himself repeatedly, in word and deed, to be fully behind the President. Nevertheless, as many as 6,000 young officers in the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), outraged at Enrile's ouster, may yet make trouble...
...rushing day created a dramatic shake-up in the Crimson rushing leaders. With his 81 yards on 14 carries, Brian O'Neil vaulted from the fifth slot into the team lead with 160 net rushing yards on the season...
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney last week announced a complete reorganization of his Cabinet. Six ministers were removed, eight were added, and more than a dozen portfolios changed hands. Opposition leaders interpreted the shake-up as a response to public-opinion polls indicating that support for Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party has dropped dramatically since the 1984 general election...
...ranks. That reputation abruptly changed last week when Radio Hanoi announced that eight Cabinet ministers in the Pham Van Dong government, which has been in power since the unification of North and South Viet Nam in 1976, had been either fired or reassigned. It was the biggest government shake-up in Hanoi since the Communists came to power in North Viet...