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...swiftly and vigorously." For his part, Marcos immediately condemned the killing as "heinous and outrageous" and announced that unspecified "precautionary steps" were being taken to maintain order. But the killing is bound to have serious repercussions. Aquino, the youngest governor and then the youngest senator in Philippine history, was thrown into prison under sentence of death for "subversion" in 1972, shortly after mounting a strong bid for the presidency against Marcos. Released in 1980 to undergo heart bypass surgery in the U.S., he later held fellowships at Harvard and M.I.T. before deciding to return this summer...
...team spent last year at Boston University And though the school, proud to have the Breakers in their inaugural season, increased seating capacity by 40 percent. Nickerson Field still only holds 21,000 The National Football League's Patriots play in Sullivan in [ace Schaefer] Stadium But a well-thrown pass from the Foxborough facility can almost reach Rhode Island that is why they go as the New England Patriots Without a suitable home, the Breakers may move against their wishes to Indianapolis, Seattle, or some other city...
...jail; a sympathetic judge freed him the next day on an unsecured $10,000 bond. "Cop after cop came up to him in the cell and congratulated him," said Paul J. Cambria, a prominent Buffalo attorney who is defending Williams. Said Buffalo Mayor James Griffin: "Dean should be thrown in jail, and if a judge lets him out he should be run out of town along with the judge who released...
...show from the five Democratic hopefuls on the dais. Kennedy poked fun at Rollings' heavy Southern accent ("the only non-English-speaking candidate ever to run for President"). And he flicked a good jab at the easiest mark in town, urging that Interior Secretary James Watt be thrown to the wolves "while there are still some wolves left...
...whipped the ball to a ball boy. It hit the hapless gull, which had been idly perched on the turf. A ball boy came out, shrouded the corpse in a towel and tenderly removed it. For Winfield, who spent the rest of the game ducking balls and junk thrown by jeering fans, it marked the ignominious end to an evening of uneven achievements: one single, one double, one seagull...