Marcos
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noun
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Ferdinand ( Edralin ). 1917–89, Filipino statesman; president of the Philippines from 1965; deposed and exiled in 1986
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his wife, Imelda ( Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez ). born 1929, Filipino politician; governor of Manila (1976–86); notorious for her profligacy as first lady
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Stone Brewing, launched in 1996 in San Marcos by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner, was the poster child of the West Coast craft brewing boom of the 2000s and 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Along with the Clark Air Base inland, Subic Bay sustained anticommunist wars in Korea and Vietnam and, thanks to the support of longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos, projected U.S. power through decades of containment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Pedro Porro was first choice right-back and, with Marcos Llorente and Marc Pubill also able to cover that position, Mingueza was left to rue what might have been.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When a prison cell in a tiny New York town caught fire and killed 35-year-old inmate Marcos “Bori” Alcaraz last month, it barely made any headlines.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Marcos decorated the carriage house with some frayed curtains that had once belonged in the drawing room but that neglect and age had turned to dusty rags.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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