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Sometime within the very first semester of my freshman college of arts year I came upon a somewhat confusing statement.

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Among my favorite literary lines is “nothing is that never was a dream”.

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When I began thinking what to write in this column today, I planned to wean my mind from the raging political turmoil fiercely waged by what we know as BBM and DDS.

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Our recollection of European history tells us that there were three acknowledged factors that gave fuel to the French Revolution.

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There is a good number of glowing ratings Cebu City has been accorded with in relation to other cities of the world.

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I came upon the name Montesquieu in my College of Arts years.

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My time yesterday after lunch qualified the meaning of “dog day afternoon” as a hot sleepy afternoon.

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The present sources of news and entertainment are dramatically different from those operating half a century ago.

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When I was in high school, I tried writing poems hoping to express, from the depths of my youthful emotions, concepts in unique and resonant ways.

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In 1961, the Philippine National Historical Commission put a marker at Colon Street this city claiming that this 1.17 kilometer street is the oldest (and shortest) national road in the Philippines. Another marker, pedestrians call as little obelisk, was built in 1999.

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Among my favorite literary lines is “nothing is that never was a dream”.

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When I began thinking what to write in this column today, I planned to wean my mind from the raging political turmoil fiercely waged by what we know as BBM and DDS.

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Our recollection of European history tells us that there were three acknowledged factors that gave fuel to the French Revolution.

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When I was in high school, I tried writing poems hoping to express, from the depths of my youthful emotions, concepts in unique and resonant ways.

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