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...political picture in the Philippines also remains grim. Byzantine intrigues continue to be launched against Aquino. To distract the nervous capital, her enemies on both the right and the left freely sow sensationalist rumors among Manila's 28 newspapers. The city's coffee shops and political salons cultivate witticisms to poison the President's reputation. One favorite is a Spanish pun on the name Corazon C. Aquino. With a finger at the chest, the speaker says, "Corazon, si" (she has a heart); with a finger at the head, he continues, "Aqui, no" (here, nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Praying For Time | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...series of small confrontations could lead to more deadly military incidents. On the other hand, the fact that Iran responded to the U.S. attack by again hitting at Kuwait suggests that Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini is not ready to confront the U.S. military directly. Instead, Iran has chosen to sow * confusion in the ranks of U.S. policymakers by striking collateral targets like Kuwait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Punch, Counterpunch | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...born ten weeks after the wedding. Robertson said that he and his wife Dede considered March 22, 1954 -- the candidate's birthday -- their true marriage date "because our son was conceived that day." "I have never, ever indicated that in the early part of my life I didn't sow some wild oats," Robertson declared last week. "But I also said that Jesus Christ came into my life, changed my life and forgave me." The candidate's reaction to the disclosure, which first appeared in the Wall Street Journal, was indignant. "I think it is outrageous to intrude into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Oats Robertson Rewrites His Resume | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...explore the path of negotiations to the utmost," she told a group of soldiers at Camp Aguinaldo, the armed forces headquarters near Manila. Still, Aquino held hope that negotiations might be renewed, at least on a regional level. The insurgents rebuffed the idea outright as a "malicious move to sow dissension and division within insurgent ranks." Said a rebel leader: "This is the most important phase of our struggle, and we shall do everything to kill Cory's soldiers." Countered Defense Minister Rafael Ileto: "We won't allow anyone to threaten us. We are prepared. I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A Truce Gives Way to Gunplay | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...relations. Calling the current bitter feelings between Washington and Moscow "unworthy of great nations," he blamed the impasse on groups in the U.S. "to which hostility is % profitable." Gorbachev spoke broadly of "forces that need the U.S.S.R. as an 'enemy image' and use the high-powered information media to sow hatred toward the Soviet people." The Soviet leader still had hopes of holding arms-control talks with the U.S. But he harbored serious doubts about the political strength of President Reagan, who probably will have to contend with Iranscam for the next two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Travelers to a Changing Land | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

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