Aquino Faces Tests as Philippines Seeks Stability and Growth
The article notes Corazon Aquino confronts three crises: an $26 billion external debt totaling 40 percent of exports, a 17 year New People's Army insurgency, and questions to her legitimacy. A new constitution could grant a transitory power provision, stabilize politics, and attract foreign investment to revive the economy and counter rebels. American stakes center on Clark Air Base and Subic Bay.
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Philippines
Corazon Aquino
New People’s Army
Juan Ponce Enrile
Mrs. Aquino
Ferdinand Marcos
Aquino
Enrile
Mr. Marcos
U.S
Clark Air Base
Subic Bay Naval Base
Pacific
Reykjavik Summit Ends in Deep Mutual Distrust
The Reykjavik talks between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed amid mutual fear and suspicion over SDI. Both sides blamed the other for cheating, and despite near agreement on dismantling ballistic missiles, the core obstacle remained strategic distrust and differing visions of space weapons.
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Reykjavik
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
George Shultz
Strategic Defense Initiative
Gorbachev
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
National Security
John Poindexter
Reykjavik Summit Reveals High Stakes SDI Showdown
The Reykjavik weekend pitted Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in a strategic duel over arms control and the Star Wars program. Gorbachev pushed for stronger limits on research while pursuing an ABM treaty revision, signaling a possible trap for Reagan to accept deep cuts or face renewed criticism of SDI.
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Ronald Reagan
Paul Nitze
Edward Rowney
George Shultz
Washington
Moscow
Gorbachev
Anatoly Dobrynin
Reykjavik
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Reagan
Congress
Europe
SDI
New Yorker character and sports ethics debate in prose
The author discusses what defines a New Yorker and critiques the use of the word character in sports rhetoric. He argues that cheating and cunning often win games, contrasts character with talent, and cites golf and football examples before recounting a coach’s misfired explanation of a stuttering quarterback.
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Dostoevski
Neil Simon
Sigmund Freud
Sir Thomas More
Miro
Michelangelo
Holly Golightly
Holden Caulfield
South Carolina
Gamecocks
Chicago Bears
Nebraska
William Perry
Aiken
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