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Saturday, September 27, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Why presidential debates matter
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The first of three presidential debates between Sen. Barack Obama
and Sen. John McCain scheduled on Friday night (US time) in Oxford,
Mississippi, is expected to draw millions of viewers in America and
the world as it defines further the US 2008 presidential election.
The debate helps illuminate the critical issues
facing Americans and the global community. The exchange places the
flagbearers of the Democratic and Republican parties on a single
stage, on a one-to-one sparring, attacking each other’s policies
as they defend their own. Captured on the TV screen, the mano-a-mano
has the potential to male or unmake a candidate and his campaign.
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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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THE
OTHER VIEW
By ELMER A. Ordoñez
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Legend of a hotel
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This was written days before in anticipation of a week’sstay in
Bangkok’s legendary The Oriental built in 1876 on the banks of the
Chao Phraya River. My wife and I are staying in this hotel where
famous writers (start with Joseph Conrad) were onceguests.
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ANALYSIS
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Speculation: A closer look at oil price hikes
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The market price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past
year to reach record-high levels of over US$147 per barrel last
July. And oil prices continue to fluctuate, with industry players
blaming a number of factors, including jitters...
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ENGLISH PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Getting to know the
relative clauses better – II
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In the previous column, we discussed the difference between the two
kinds of relative clauses: a defining or restrictive relative clause
provides essential information to the main clause of a sentence,
while a nondefining or...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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PNB: When size
matters
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When the financial melt down began on Wall Street in mid-September,
one Filipino banker didn’t seem perturbed—Omar Mier. “We had
no exposure to Lehman,” said the president and CEO of Philippine
National Bank, referring to America’s fourth largest bank that
went into bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008.
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ANALYSIS
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Live up to spirit of ‘One World, One Dream’
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Mainland China’s tremendous efforts to
successfully host the Beijing Olympics in the spirit of fairness and
peaceful athletic competition among people of all races and
ethnicities have deeply impressed the world. It is this same spirit
that...
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Birds
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Buenos Aires: After 35 hours of air travel, going back two time
zones and cutting through two continents, Buenos Aires greeted us
with a refreshing cool burst of air on the first day of spring.
Together with 500 other participants from all over...
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LETTER
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FG’s lawyer Jesus Santos
I am writing this to react to the various news
items you and other papers have published about First Gentleman Mike
Arroyo’s lawyer Atty. Jesus Santos (such as the Times news item on
Aug. 28, 2008 and Dan Mariano’s column on Sept. 12, 2008).
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