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Dunster House resident Teodoro C. Silva '89 said many residents would miss "sitting down with Cresap at dinner. His stories were pretty funny...
...Aquino's government has tried to recover the $10 billion that it claims Marcos stole from the country. From his Hawaiian exile, Marcos acknowledged that he tried to strike a deal; but of the $5 billion overture, he snapped, "That is a lie." Said Aquino's press secretary, Teodoro Benigno: "One of the world's greatest illusionists is at work...
...alienated the country's top officers, among them such staunch Aquino loyalists as Armed Forces Chief Fidel Ramos. Almost every attempted coup in the past 18 months, including the most recent one, has demanded the ouster of Arroyo as well as that of another outspoken Aquino adviser, Speechwriter Teodoro Locsin. Many military men allege that Arroyo is a Communist, a charge he denies but that they feel is supported by his endorsement of amnesty for guerrillas of the Communist-led New People's Army...
...Luzon, the country's largest island. The mutineers accused Aquino of "treason" and proceeded to enumerate her government's failings: showing leniency toward Communists, declaring war against its own armed forces, allowing corruption to flourish, keeping antimilitary leftists in the Cabinet and being generally inept. In reply, Presidential Spokesman Teodoro Benigno scoffed that the junta did not control "even one square inch" of territory...
Despite Aquino's continuing popularity, her staff is no longer predicting a landslide victory. Her press secretary, Teodoro Benigno, says a simple majority of 60% would be "comfortable." The President is making time-honored political moves to help ensure victory. Last week she approved a sweeping program aimed at reducing poverty, unemployment and social injustice through land reform. "Critics are grossly mistaken if they think that Cory is politically naive," says a top government official. "Enrile should know that...