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I did not know what Thursday morning (last Thursday, I mean) had in store for me.

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I spent a part of my Independence Day celebration trying to review some historical data of known Boholano leaders of the past.

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Sometime within the very first semester of my freshman college of arts year I came upon a somewhat confusing statement.

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When I began thinking what to write in this column today, I planned to wean my mind from the raging political turmoil fiercely waged by what we know as BBM and DDS.

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Our recollection of European history tells us that there were three acknowledged factors that gave fuel to the French Revolution.

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There is a good number of glowing ratings Cebu City has been accorded with in relation to other cities of the world.

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I came upon the name Montesquieu in my College of Arts years.

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There is a good number of glowing ratings Cebu City has been accorded with in relation to other cities of the world.

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