????科學(xué)家則頻頻否認(rèn)這種看法，他們認(rèn)為在人們游泳和捕魚的海水中蘊(yùn)含著同樣充沛的氘化物。但她的兒子小費(fèi)迪南德正在把挖掘氘化物作為自己的奮斗目標(biāo)。就在圣誕節(jié)前夕，汽油價格和電費(fèi)急劇上升。邦邦隨即抓住并大肆利用這項議題，他建議募集大量資金，以推動海床氘化物挖掘。他的母親恰好也在推動這項事業(yè)，同樣將其奉為未來的能源來源。在這樣一個極具未來主義風(fēng)格、儒勒?凡爾納般的場景（埋藏在海溝深處的氘化物既是可以觸及的，也是異常充沛的）中，伊梅爾達(dá)看上去就像是一位富有創(chuàng)見的夢想家。她聲稱，40多年來，為了獲得獨(dú)家開采權(quán)，她已經(jīng)支付了總計數(shù)億美元的費(fèi)用。她解釋說：“我去年不得不借貸大約600萬美元，以支付相關(guān)費(fèi)用。”

????伊梅爾達(dá)毫無歉意。普通人或許認(rèn)為，對于那段與鞋子相聯(lián)系的歷史，她肯定懊惱不已。但今天，不少于765雙歸她所有的鞋子正在馬里卡納鞋飾博物館(Footwear Museum of Marikana，博物館的名字源自當(dāng)?shù)匾粋€以鞋匠聞名的城區(qū))展出。為這家博物館揭幕的正是伊梅爾達(dá)本人。在她看來，她收藏的迪奧(Dior)、菲拉格慕(Ferragamo)等奢華品牌和當(dāng)?shù)匦検腔蛘哒f應(yīng)該是菲律賓人的一大驕傲。，伊梅爾達(dá)在2001年舉行的博物館開幕儀式上宣稱：“這家博物館正在把丑聞的靶子轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)槊赖幕怼！彼S后描述了1986年她和丈夫逃離后總統(tǒng)官邸被突襲的景象。“他們打開我的衣柜，試圖尋找一些見不得人的東西。但感謝上帝，呈現(xiàn)在他們面前的全是漂亮的鞋子！”

????伊梅爾達(dá)?馬科斯可以被嘲笑，被譏諷，被謾罵。但無論是過去，還是將來，她永遠(yuǎn)都不可能被其他人搶走風(fēng)頭。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

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????Scientists frequently disagree, stating that deuterium is just as plentiful in the sea water you swim and fish in. But her son Ferdinand is making hydrogen a crusade. Just before Christmas, prices for gasoline and electric bills rose steeply. Bongbong pounced on the issue, proposing major funding to promote ocean-bed hydrogen mining, which his mother just happens to be promoting, as the energy source of the future. In a highly futuristic, Jules Verne-like scenario where deep-trench deuterium is both reachable and plentiful, Imelda will look like a visionary. She's been paying fees, hundreds of millions in total, she claims, for more than 40 years to control the exclusive extraction rights. "I almost had to borrow $6 million last year to make the payment," she explains.

????Imelda is nothing if not unapologetic. You'd think she might be chagrined about her history with footwear. But today, no fewer than 765 pairs of her shoes are on display at the Footwear Museum of Marikana, named for a district famous for its cobblers -- and Imelda inaugurated the museum herself. For her, the Diors, Ferragamos, and local wares are, or should be, an immense source of pride for Filipinos. At the museum's opening ceremony in 2001, Imelda declared, "The museum is making a subject of notoriety into an object of beauty." She then described the palace raid that occurred after she and her husband fled in 1986: "They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were beautiful shoes!"

????Imelda Marcos can be mocked, ridiculed, and reviled. But she can never, ever be upstaged.