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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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Two weeks ago, the father of my best friend passed away suddenly from a pulmonary aneurysm. His name was Tito Nonong, a man of integrity, a loving father and husband to his family. He was a missionary who served God above all.

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It’s all been done, none more so than end-of-the-world.

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But by its sheer mass and the swiftness of its recent economic expansion, China has become the economic center of gravity for East Asia.

This new century might well be The Chinese Century.

China has sucked into its economy the major part of all foreign investments in East Asia ever since, following Deng Xiao Ping’s wisdom, the country opened up to capitalism. It has maintained stupendous growth rates, guided by shrewd economic leadership.
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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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But by its sheer mass and the swiftness of its recent economic expansion, China has become the economic center of gravity for East Asia.

This new century might well be The Chinese Century.

China has sucked into its economy the major part of all foreign investments in East Asia ever since, following Deng Xiao Ping’s wisdom, the country opened up to capitalism. It has maintained stupendous growth rates, guided by shrewd economic leadership.
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