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Silvera’s words, spoken the day before the 2005 season kicked off, proved prophetic last Thursday night, when a semi-malicious Red Sox fan—and now-former season ticket holder—Christopher House hit Gary Sheffield in the mouth as he was chasing Jason Varitek’s eighth-inning triple, leading to a punch from Sheffield and an emptying of the New York bullpen...
...June to unite around a single presidential candidate in the event of just such a snap election, but so far only three have done so. If opposition leaders can agree with the K.B.L. on the conditions for holding an election, they will then try to hammer out a common ticket, possibly holding a convention to choose their presidential and vice-presidential nominees...
...meantime, the two opposition leaders most likely to head an anti-Marcos ticket mounted a façade of unity. Undeclared Candidate Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 52, the widow of the late senator, made a surprise appearance at Manila International Airport to greet Salvador Laurel upon his return from a trip to the U.S. Laurel, 57, is leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, which accounts for 37 of the 59 Assembly seats held by the opposition. As cameras snapped, Laurel leaned forward to kiss Aquino, who backed away. That evening over brandy and tea during a two-hour meeting at Aquino...
...week political observers were asking whether voters in the Philippines will once more offer Marcos their support on voting day. Many were also wondering when the election will be held, whether the opposition can frustrate Marcos' attempts to control voting procedures and, indeed, whether his rivals can field a ticket strong enough to end 20 years of Marcos' rule. --By J. D. Reed. Reported by Sandra Burton and Nelly Sindayen/Manila
...frustrated consumers, though, were calling the whole episode a turkey. When they tried to reserve discount seats, they discovered that some flights were already booked by customers paying regular or supersaver fares. Griped a ticket agent who works in Detroit for one of American's rivals: "Seats to all the really good places are sold out anyway. American may have five or six routes where tickets hadn't been selling, and they wanted to fill those planes." One airline that has abstained so far from the Thanksgiving bargains is People Express. The discount carrier said it was busy enough...