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...contemporaries quickly contradicted his ideas, they were also slow to elevate him as an icon, even though he had all the ingredients to be one: an epic time (the split of a nation and a war over its future), bold ideas (union and liberty) and a violent death. One reason is that while people felt strongly the symbolic loss of a President through the nation's first assassination, few knew what to make of Lincoln as a man. Beneath the spectacular symbols of mourning--houses draped in black, endless ceremonies as his body was taken by train from Washington...
...sharper critiques of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos came in the form of jokes and quips. That gentle method of opposition gave way to something bolder on Feb. 22, 1986, when Sin told Manila's residents to go out into the streets to protect military men who had split from Marcos; this turned into the potent force now known as People Power. Following Marcos' ouster, Sin was hailed as a hero-and he enjoyed more power than ever before, inevitably controversial in a country with a 300-year history of Spanish friars who ruled towns and villages. His moral...
...Boston Marathon, cash as well as glory was waiting 26 miles and 385 yds. from the starting line. The winner of the $30,000 purse and new Mercedes was Australian Rob De Castella, who finished fifth in the 1984 Olympics and had not won a race since 1983. Reading split times scribbled on the back of his hand to pace himself during his first attack on the prestigious course, De Castella, 29, led the crowd of 4,750 runners for all but two miles, finishing at 2:07:51 and breaking the old Boston record by a full minute...
...another shopping mall," says Stuart Robbins, who follows the retailing industry for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, the investment firm. When HSN went public last May, its shares skyrocketed from 18 to 42 on the first day, and are now about 118 (after adjustment for a 3-for-l stock split...
...will get a chance to teach Vincent some lessons in respect for elders. No again. We are not on Rocky's side of the street, but in Martin Scorsese country, where bent character, not sentiment, shapes destiny, and the best the struggling human spirit can hope for is a split decision...