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...Named Archbishop of Manila in 1973, a year after former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Cardinal Sin became an outspoken critic of the authoritarian government. His influence over the Philippines' devoutly Catholic population helped spark the People Power protests that toppled two presidents?Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001. "Politics without Christ is the greatest scourge of our nation," Cardinal Sin said at his 2003 retirement ceremony...
When money is at stake, family ties can be stretched thin indeed. The largest U.S. winemakers, Ernest and Julio Gallo of Modesto, Calif., have filed suit in U.S. district court in Fresno against their younger brother, Joseph Gallo, for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition. Reason: since 1984, Joseph, a longtime California-based wholesale producer of meats and cheeses, has been marketing a retail brand under the name Joseph Gallo cheese...
Ernest, 77, and Julio, 76, say they bear no ill will toward Joseph, 66, but insist they must protect their trademark rights on principle. Otherwise, they argue, anyone would be able to use the family name. But Joseph, who is preparing a countersuit, was upset by a statement in his brothers' suit that shipments of the disputed cheese could conceivably become contaminated and damage the image of Gallo wines, which have been produced since 1933. Joseph's lawyer, John Whiting, points out that the cheeses have won gold medals at the past two Orange County fairs in California. Says Whiting...
...certain" Columbus landed some 65 miles southeast of San Salvador on flat Samana Cay. The tiny island has long been uninhabited, but a search party stumbled onto pieces of Palmetto ware, a unique pottery made by the regional people Columbus named Indians. Says National Geographic Senior Associate Editor Joseph Judge, who led the search: "This is the solution to the mystery after 500 years." TECHNOLOGY Politics' Unholy Writ...
There was less ambiguity in the $2.8 billion merger offer made to limping BankAmerica (assets: $117 billion), headed by President and Chief Executive Officer Samuel Armacost, 47. The proposal from Joseph Pinola, 61, chairman of California's First Interstate Bancorp (No. 9 in the U.S., with assets of $50 billion), was to forge a firm that would rival Citicorp ($176 billion) as the country's No.1 banking institution. Late last week, as BankAmerica board members considered Pinola's offer, Armacost abruptly resigned. The reason, as he put it, was "to help restore confidence in this organization's capabilities and future...