What the alleged coup failed to do, in terms of weakening the peso, the president managed to. Clearly, this is detrimental to foreign sentiment.


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[Karen Lundegaard] was quite frail, debilitated by metastatic breast cancer, which she had long know...
AMY TAN
old books -- little tombstones of ideas and history
AMY TAN
I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.
AMY TAN
Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How ...
AMY TAN
Apakah ada yang tahu bagaimana rasanya mencintai seseorang yang tidak boleh dicintai? Aku tahu. Hidu...
ILANA TAN
I recognise why I have such a strong inability to forgive certain people who betray me. It's chi...
AMY TAN
And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the d...
AMY TAN
He simply translated what was in LuLing's heart: her better intentions, her hopes.
AMY TAN
While the adoption and penetration of advance security solutions is slow in developing countries due...
JAY TAN
The main hurdle in implementing large security systems within enterprises is the difficulty in estab...
JAY TAN
I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It...
AMY TAN
To keep false hopes is to prolong misery.
AMY TAN
Where did he go when he left us? I spied the new journal he had started using just last week and hel...
AMY TAN
Fate changes when you change your clothes.
AMY TAN
Teddy once told me that it's natural that we feel alone, and that's because our hearts are different...
AMY TAN
And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusation...
AMY TAN
Can I tell my daughter that I loved her father? This was the man who rubbed my feet at night. He pra...
AMY TAN
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her...
AMY TAN
With the Lucio Tan group gaining sole control of PNB, it is unlikely that there will be any change i...
LUCIO TAN
The deal also paves the way for a merger with the smaller Allied Bank, which is also owned by the Lu...
LUCIO TAN
it is likely that (Lucio Tan) will match the bid price.
LUCIO TAN
They have to approach us about it, if they will use as a corporation, individual or bank,
LUCIO TAN
We still have that money with us,
LUCIO TAN
What's 77 centavos? ... We will definitely match that bid very soon.
LUCIO TAN
Mungkin kau tidak membutuhkanku. Tapi aku membutuhkanmu.
ILANA TAN
We therefore believe the Asia-Pacific region offers growth at a reasonable price, and have a positiv...
LORRAINE TAN
But to pretend that all was right with the world, I first had to know what was wrong.
AMY TAN
We listened patiently to Lester, words skittering out of his mouth like cartoon dogs on fresh-waxed ...
AMY TAN
I ask myself, How can I relax? How can I let go of everything that's happened? You need complete tru...
AMY TAN