Word: widowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aquino, the widow of assassinated Opposition Politician Benigno Aquino Jr., was rarely seen on television news and was blocked by a series of bureaucratic ruses whenever she tried to buy political advertising time. The challenger's lawyer finally filed a petition against the government-owned Channel 4 in Manila to force increased coverage of her campaign. In the three days after the lawyer's petition was filed, Aquino's name was mentioned on the government channel only four times, once in a false charge that she had agreed to cede the southern part of the nation to Muslim separatists...
...Baclaran, Mrs. Aquino, 53, widow of assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino, appeared at Masses in her honor. She was greeted with cheers of "Long live the president" and "Cory, Cory, Cory," her nickname...
MANILA, Philippines--Four people were killed stealing ballot boxes, the government said, and a military alert was extended as millions of Filipinos voted this morning for a president--Ferdinand E. Marcos, ruler for 20 years, or Corazon Aquino, widow of his assassinated rival...
...major problem erupts when Mr. Buttle dies under interrogation and the Ministry discovers its error. A refund is sent to the family, and the duty of delivering the check is given to Lowry. The experience of walking into the ruined Buttle home and seeing the almost catatonic widow gives Lowry the first intimation of the evil behind the checks and receipts which pass over his desk every day. It also gives him a glimpse of Jill Layton, a truck driver whom he recognizes as the maiden in his dreams...
Only days before Nunez discovered her, the destitute widow had run out of provisions, and was reduced to sharing a bowl of muddy water with the yellow- haired mongrel that had kept her company for nearly a month. The smoke from ^ her fire, which she had built to ward off mosquitoes and flies, had saved her life. Rescue workers whisked Echeverry to a nearby field hospital, where doctors declared her "amazingly fit, considering her ordeal." She was then transferred to an old people's home. There, her rescuers reported, she was still not sure what all the fuss was about...