The Atlantic Monthly: November‚ 1987 A DAMAGED CULTURE A New Philippines? By James Fallows IN THE UNITED STATES THE COMING OF THE AQUINO government seemed to make the Philippines into a success story. The evil Marcos was out‚ the saintly Cory was in‚ the worldwide march of democracy went on. All that was left was to argue about why we stuck with our tawdry pet dictator for so long‚ and to support Corazon Aquino as she danced around coup attempts and worked her way out of the problems
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exactly who it is. I never considered how a weapon can effect what the brain focuses on. But if I thought about it more it does make sense. Because your brain is in survival mode because there is a knife to your neck. Your brain is not focusing on remembering a face rather focusing on the knife and how to stay alive. Your brain is telling you to do and say certain things that the brain thinks will leave you alive and not dead. I was always certain that if anything like that happened to me I would be
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The Hidden History of Lower Class Japan in the Meiji Restoration “History is written by the victors” is one of the most common expressions when looking at historical events. The winning side that gains power will always consider themselves the good people‚ and will tarnish the name of their “evil” adversaries. Therefore‚ it is important when looking at history to consider biases to prevent getting incorrect ideas about certain groups. However‚ history is also often written about the victors. Most
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benefited from the no homework policy‚ so did the teachers not having to always check up on homework being done. Some people who don’t like having stress-free afternoons would argue that homework is benefiting us by remembering what we learnt in class but the only thing students are remembering is that they can’t do what they want at home because of homework. Isn’t fives days a week at school enough? In summary‚ many students would agree that homework should be banned so that there is room for out side
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Controversy has already erupted over the financing of the 2008 presidential campaign with experts projecting costs to exceed $1 billion (Sciffman). Candidate Hillary Clinton raised $8.5 million during only three events‚ surpassing the old record set in 2004 by John Edwards‚ who collected $7.4 million in three months (McAuliff). Vast amounts of money is being spent and raised on campaigns‚ and efforts to curb fundraising and spending have had only limited effects. Serious questions are being asked
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information access for farmers‚ broader citizen engagement and link to traffic data for taxi drivers‚ according to a new World Bank report. The country also witnessed one of the first uses of text messaging as a medium for social change during the EDSA II revolt in 2001 that led to the ouster of then President Joseph Estrada‚ the study cited. According to the report “Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile‚” which was released on Monday‚ there were 101 mobile cellular subscriptions
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I-BS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Hist 1 (04:00-05:30 pm) Reaction Paper on the Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. “My feeling is all we have to die some time. Now it’s my fate to die by an assassin’s bullet. So be it but I cannot be petrified by inaction or fear of assassination and therefore stay in a corner.” last words of Ninoy‚ Benigno S. Aquino Jr.‚ few minutes before he was killed by a shot on a head. Ninoy’s life in politics started very early. He was the youngest mayor at 22‚ the country’s
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Existing literatures trying to explain how Filipinos absorb information they get from online sources seem to be crude. More specifically‚ there have been no studies done to explore how information provided by different internet sources prompts Filipinos to exchange knowledge among peers and eventually result into social mobilization. The advancement of technology has brought us not only the easiness of communication and being connected‚ but also made us closer and to anything happening around us
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dated August 29‚ 2002 which denied petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration. The factual background of the case is as follows: On January 31‚ 1983‚ Capitol Development Corporation (respondent) leased its commercial building and lot located at 1194 EDSA‚ Quezon City to R.C. Nicolas Merchandising‚ Inc.‚ (R.C. Nicolas) for a 10-year period or until January 31‚ 1993 with the option for the latter to make additional improvements in the property to suit its business and to sublease portions thereof to
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To Live Here Once by Jean Rhys. The story is a short story that is told in third person format. In the beginning of the story the woman is looking at the stepping stones and remembering them as she is walking across the river. When the narrator says ‘She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one” it lets you know that the young lady in the story has been there before. The narrator of the story is giving a sense of what the short story is going to be about with
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