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  2. The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos

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    Mijares himself, after failing to account for NPC funds, ran away to the US, and joined Manglapus' Movement for a Free Philippines and wrote the book. [5] Mijares said that he was offered a bribe amounting to US$100,000 to be dissuaded to testify about the human rights situation in the Philippines, and said that he refused the bribe.

  3. Common cold - Wikipedia

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    The common cold or the cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the respiratory mucosa of the nose, throat, sinuses, and larynx. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Signs and symptoms may appear in as little as two days after exposure to the virus. [ 6 ]

  4. Viral disease - Wikipedia

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    Virions of some of the most common human viruses with their relative size. Nucleic acids are not to scale. SARS stands for SARS-CoV-1 or COVID-19, variola viruses for smallpox. Basic structural characteristics, such as genome type, virion shape and replication site, generally share the same features among virus species within the same family.

  5. Pasma - Wikipedia

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    Alongside numerous diseases recognized by Filipino folk medicine, pasma is attributed to an interaction of "init" (heat) and "lamig" (cold). [4] Under certain conditions, the body's muscles (kalamnan) are said to be "hot" and should not be too quickly brought into contact with "cold," in this case usually meaning cold water or air conditioner. [1]

  6. Thesis - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Work by academic candidate For other uses, see Thesis (disambiguation). "Dissertation" redirects here. For other uses, see Dissertation (disambiguation). Dutch 18th century doctoral ceremony at Leiden University shown on the frontispiece of a PhD thesis, Netherlands. Disputatio ...

  7. Vitamin C and the Common Cold (book) - Wikipedia

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    The book promoted the idea that taking large amounts of vitamin C could reduce the duration and severity of the common cold. A Nobel Prize-winning chemist and activist, Pauling promoted a view of vitamin C that is strongly at odds with most of the scientific community, which found little evidence for the alleged health benefits of greatly ...

  8. National Library of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    It also sought the assistance of friendly countries to rebuild its collections. According to Concordia Sanchez in her book The Libraries of the Philippines, many countries, mainly the United States, donated many thousands of books, although some were outdated and others were too foreign for Filipino readers to understand. Although rebuilding ...

  9. Philippine mythology - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Spanish chronicler Chirino claimed that the natives had no religious writings, but on the same account narrated that a native possessed an indigenous poetic book. The book was utilized by the natives to express a "deliberate pact" with what the Spanish called with prejudice as "the devil", which contextually was an indigenous ...