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This looks painfully like a badly conceived life support system for a draft law that is probably already dead.

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Asked in all seriousness by a sympathetic businessman about how they may help the President in the midst of all his troubles, Aquino replied that his supporters come out and wear yellow ribbons — a faded emblem that only he seems to be sporting today.

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The intent here can only be to produce a farce.

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The blitzkrieg Corona impeachment effort has run into an impenetrable thicket. That thicket is composed of institutions.

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He was running against the currently fashionable. He was courting the risk of being crucified by the blaring moralists, of being run over the coals by the flaming feminists and of inviting the ire of those who think the culture of corruption may be solved by issuing out chastity belts.
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[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181852 [Title] => Mauubos din ang terorista [Summary] => MAMBOMBA na sila araw-araw. Pabayaan na sila ng pulis. Makapatay na sila ng dose-dosena. Pero hindi tayo mauubos ng terorista. Sa dami na lang ng taong naghahangad ng mapayapang pamumuhay, ang terorista ang mauubos ng sariling galit sa mundo.
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This looks painfully like a badly conceived life support system for a draft law that is probably already dead.

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Asked in all seriousness by a sympathetic businessman about how they may help the President in the midst of all his troubles, Aquino replied that his supporters come out and wear yellow ribbons — a faded emblem that only he seems to be sporting today.

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The intent here can only be to produce a farce.

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The blitzkrieg Corona impeachment effort has run into an impenetrable thicket. That thicket is composed of institutions.

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[DatePublished] => 2005-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222163 [Title] => Overboard [Summary] => Whoever it was who first described the crackdown on the nightlife of policemen and other public officials as Talibanism in a new form had a bit of inspiration in him.

He was running against the currently fashionable. He was courting the risk of being crucified by the blaring moralists, of being run over the coals by the flaming feminists and of inviting the ire of those who think the culture of corruption may be solved by issuing out chastity belts.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184698 [Title] => Tales from Confucius [Summary] => QINGDAO, Shandong – Nearly a century ago a Chinese duke took a bride but could not live happily ever after because they could not have a son. So he took a second, and then a third wife, but still no heir arrived.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181852 [Title] => Mauubos din ang terorista [Summary] => MAMBOMBA na sila araw-araw. Pabayaan na sila ng pulis. Makapatay na sila ng dose-dosena. Pero hindi tayo mauubos ng terorista. Sa dami na lang ng taong naghahangad ng mapayapang pamumuhay, ang terorista ang mauubos ng sariling galit sa mundo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101570 [Title] => Gloria must beware: Those clenched fists spell more trouble - BY THE WAY by Max V. Soliven [Summary] => HONG KONG – Let’s stop kidding ourselves and the innocent public by calling the first batch of ten hardliners just released from prison "political prisoners." Why don’t we simply identify them by their proper name, "Communist rebels" and agitators? [DatePublished] => 2001-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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