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Monday, February 19, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Bush bounces back |
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A DAY after being dealt a sound
beating by the US House of Representatives, the Bush administration
won a significant victory in the Senate where a bid to force debate
on the planned US troop buildup in Iraq failed to pass. Had the
debate been approved, it would have given the US Congress a stronger
hand in forcing President George W. Bush to rethink his strategy to
send more American soldiers to Iraq instead of bringing home those
who are already there.
As it is, Bush
has managed to bounce back somewhat after being on the ropes for
quite a spell. The defeat of the debate initiative in the Senate has
bought him the time to gather new momentum for his flagging plan to
win the war in Iraq. The strategy calls for the insertion of 21,500
fresh troops to restore order in Iraq while the Iraqi government
builds up its own forces. Once the Iraqis could fend for themselves,
the US would gradually pull out its troops.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Propoor Congress
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Our
congressmen may not know it, but millions of Filipinos are praying
for them at this very moment. These are the Filipinos who are
afflicted with hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases and other
ailments...
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Melo Commission
report a political hot potato
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FOR various
reasons that have now entered the realms of café society tattle,
the report of the Melo Commission—appointed to look into the
alleged extrajudicial killings of leftist and human-rights activists...
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DOUBLETAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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‘Other sheep’
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ADOPTION
Consciousness Week was celebrated last week by the Department of
Social Welfare and the Intercountry Adoption Board. With adoption
information desks set up in the malls...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The absolute
clauses revisited–I
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In English, to
establish con-text or give texture to a main clause, we normally use
a subordinate phrase that directly modifies either the operative
noun or the operative verb of that clause.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Senate opposition
ensured nonautomation
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Sen. Dick
Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms, is
wasting his saliva in fulminating at the Commission on Elections for
“refusing” to implement the amended Automated Elections
Law.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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My fearless
senatorial forecast
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My fearless
senatorial forecast is 7-5—seven opposition and five
administration winners.
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Set aside EVAT for
investment, don’t use it for consumption
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I say, this
was an extraordinary sacrifice we asked for and so the people who
sacrificed deserve to know that these billions in additional
revenues taken from their shrinking pockets shall be treated in an
extraordinary way...
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