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...trainers, expensive equipment, lax admission standards, and other perquisites which they currently enjoy. To be sure, Harvard can and does pride itself on a sports operation considerably cleaner than most universities. But this is having one's cake and eating it too: Harvard tries to claim saintliness and to sin a little at the same time...
...problem with extreme success--like the men's hockey team's recent exploits--is that the claims of saintliness and the potential for sin both rise exponentially. Just as Harvard attracts national publicity--all echoing the positive myth--the University faces increased pressures for aggressive recruiting and other sleazy practices, in order to maintain the high athletic standard it has set for itself...
...events began to move rapidly. In November, Marcos declared that he would hold a special presidential election to convince the Reagan Administration that he still enjoyed popular support. A month later, immediately following the acquittal of Ver, Corazon Aquino announced that she would challenge Marcos for the presidency. Cardinal Sin then helped persuade former Senator Salvador Laurel to join the Aquino ticket. In the meantime Enrile had been building his reform-movement, a highly visible band of about 100 well-trained soldiers whose aim was not to topple Marcos but to pressure him to reorganize the military. Throughout the election...
...moment of showdown, Cardinal Sin again played a crucial role. He publicly praised Enrile and Ramos, and called on the Philippine people to take to the streets in peaceful support of them. Radio Veritas, the Catholic station, became the unofficial broadcaster of the rebellion, reporting on military units that had joined the opposition and giving instructions to crowds...
...herself. I told Cardinal Sin that I can no longer be humble because people don't take me seriously then, so I have to project my confidence, even more than most men would. My philosophy is to do everything within your capability and then leave the rest to God. I have honestly been living that way since Ninoy's incarceration. No one can say Cory did not give...