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It’s Johnny Depp’s day at the Venice Film Festival. Judging by the acclaim greeting his performance in gangster drama “Black Mass,” it may turn out to be Johnny Depp’s year.

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Advertising these days has greatly evolved for better or for worse. From what used to be plain sales pitches, they have become more powerful, targeting one’s consciousness, self-esteem, and outlook in life. Ads these days attack your very core.

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It’s easy to draw the line between a friend and an enemy, but what if she’s both? A frenemy is like having a portmanteau, a large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments.

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Our friend Jeannie Goulbourn of the famous “Silk Cocoon” shop at the New World Hotel has dedicated the rest of her life helping people suffering from depression.

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Learning how to say I am sorry is one of the most important lessons that we need to learn.

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The Sicilian Defense was first mentioned in a manuscript by Giulio Polerio in 1594. In chess, it involves using a black pawn to aggressively respond to the first move of an advancing white center pawn.

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The 68-year-old chairman of San Miguel Corp., seller of nine of 10 beers in the Philippines, kept a stony silence throughout a recent battle over the impeachment of the top judge that brought the country to the edge of a constitutional crisis.
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Yes, that’s right: I reach for The Godfather.
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Advertising these days has greatly evolved for better or for worse. From what used to be plain sales pitches, they have become more powerful, targeting one’s consciousness, self-esteem, and outlook in life. Ads these days attack your very core.

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It’s easy to draw the line between a friend and an enemy, but what if she’s both? A frenemy is like having a portmanteau, a large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135323 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461085 [AuthorName] => Letty Jacinto-Lopez [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/7936/lif1thumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 610885 [Title] => Injustice: The road to suicide or heroism [Summary] =>

Our friend Jeannie Goulbourn of the famous “Silk Cocoon” shop at the New World Hotel has dedicated the rest of her life helping people suffering from depression.

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Learning how to say I am sorry is one of the most important lessons that we need to learn.

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The Sicilian Defense was first mentioned in a manuscript by Giulio Polerio in 1594. In chess, it involves using a black pawn to aggressively respond to the first move of an advancing white center pawn.

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The 68-year-old chairman of San Miguel Corp., seller of nine of 10 beers in the Philippines, kept a stony silence throughout a recent battle over the impeachment of the top judge that brought the country to the edge of a constitutional crisis.
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Yes, that’s right: I reach for The Godfather.
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