11.   Coup plotters, former prisoners and their jailers and even the son of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos are standing before the Filipino electorate as candidates for the Senate.

12.   He said the role is natural for his country because of its own history of human rights abuses under the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

13.   He was a close ally of the late strongman Gen. Omar Torrijos.

14.   Human rights lawyers charge that as a former military prosecutor, Desierto prosecuted political dissidents opposed to the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

15.   In provincial elections, two children of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos held commanding leads early in the vote tally.

16.   It accuses Samaranch of being a fascist and active supporter of the late Spanish strongman Gen. Francisco Franco.

17.   Marcos Jr. and other stalwarts maintain the late strongman was ousted in a conspiracy involving the United States and wealthy business rivals.

18.   Marcos,the widow of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, has been hospitalized before for heart and blood pressure-related ailments.

19.   President Fidel Ramos said Wednesday he favors a compromise rather than a drawn-out court battle to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

20.   Sin was an outspoken critic of the excesses of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.