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                    [ArticleID] => 1864417
                    [Title] => “Of mice and men”
                    [Summary] => The title, “Of Mice and Men” is a line in a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns and the whole line goes: “The best laid plans of mice and men often goes awry.” 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134206
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1722513
                    [AuthorName] => Ruben Almendras
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 581295
                    [Title] => Embracing uncertainty
                    [Summary] => 

I was watching a documentary the other night about the Titanic, the mighty ship touted to be the most advanced, modern, state-of-the-art sea vessel of its time, which its makers claimed was virtually unsinkable.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134370 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390801 [AuthorName] => Jim Paredes [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381606 [Title] => Filipinos need a Robert Burns [Summary] => They have produced some of the finest minds in the planet. They are resourceful, inventive, and hardy. Their capacity for absorbing the most severe and trying challenges is legendary. They are noted for their strong family bonds and are extremely proud of their hospitality. They were first to successfully fight a formidable imperial power who wanted to rule their region. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139487 [AuthorName] => AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257694 [Title] => Not mice, but men [Summary] => Two days ago, I wrongly attributed a quotation to William Shakespeare which belongs, in truth, to the Scottish national poet Robert Burns.

This quotation "of mice and men" came from Burns’s most famous poem, To a Mouse – a verse couched in the Scottish vernacular, and which begins with the line, "Wee, Sleeket, cowrin, tim’rous beastie . . ."

I guess that describes us today, following our timorous, cowardly withdrawal from Iraq.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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