Word: helping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matters -- such as religion -- which, admittedly, we used to treat in a simplistic manner . . . Now we not only proceed from the assumption that no one should interfere in matters of the individual's conscience; we also say that the moral values that religion generated and embodied for centuries can help in the work of renewal in our country...
...zealous pro-life advocate), planned pro-choice strategy with Representatives Don Edwards of Florida and Pat Schroeder of Colorado (she urged them to introduce a federal pro-choice statute), had a get-acquainted session with Democratic National Committee head Ronald Brown (she told him that Webster backlash will help the Democrats) and then capped off the day by conferring with Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon (she pressed him about a pro-choice constitutional amendment, a dream of hers that other pro- choice groups privately consider a waste of time...
...circumstances." But Aquino may be haunted by her decision for the rest of her political life. Alluding to the Philippines' former status as a U.S. possession, Max Soliven, a columnist for the pro-Aquino Philippine Star, wrote last week: "When a government cannot overcome a rebellion without 'outside' help, I hope that this does not make it a colony, a satrapy, or a banana republic, all over again...
...American help was crucial to the Aquino cause, clearing the skies of rebel craft and allowing loyalists to consolidate their forces. In an interview late in the week, Aquino admitted that Philippine military planes had hesitated to strafe and bomb the rebel soldiers. When American might was clearly on Aquino's side, however, Philippine jets attacked rebel-controlled Sangley Point naval station, destroying eight planes on the ground. Their timing thrown off by the intervening U.S. forces, the rebels abandoned Villamor, Fort Bonifacio and the TV stations...
...waters. A shabby little barge, old tires festooning its scuffed sides, turned out to be in the employ of the Navy, the keeper of the communication cable to the Belknap. That allowed Bush to monitor events in the Philippines, where U.S. force once again had to be committed to help stabilize a friend...