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                    [Title] => Rio Alma conducts seminar, launches new book
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MANILA, Philippines - National Artist for Literature, Virgilio S. Almario (a.k.a. Rio Alma) will be holding a two-hour seminar titled “Mga Epiko at Katutubong Tula ng Filipinas” on June 19, 2 p.m. at the newly opened C&E Information and Resource Center at 1616 Quezon Avenue, South Triangle, Quezon City.

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That seems to be especially true for love stories, which are the most commonly and yet also often the most badly written, with the same old characters going through the same old motions and saying the same old things.
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                    [Title] => Rio Alma conducts seminar, launches new book
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That seems to be especially true for love stories, which are the most commonly and yet also often the most badly written, with the same old characters going through the same old motions and saying the same old things.
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[DatePublished] => 2001-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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