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Policing the Police in Quezon City
“Less than four months after they were banned from nightclubs, policemen are back in night spots with a vengeance. Hours after the scolding, Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., National Police chief, led his men in ?raiding? Classmate KTV and another posh nightclub on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, where they found several partly-consumed bottles of liquor bearing the names of some police officer, from the clubs? bottle-keep section. ”
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Dating in North America tough…try North Korea
If you wanted to travel back in time to see what dating practices were like before the turn of the century you would get a very similar experience growing up in North Korea.
And according to a series of in-depth interviews by RFA’s Seoul correspondent Soo Kyung Lee, times?even in the world’s last Stalinist country?are changing. North Koreans are beginning to explore relationships between the sexes in ways that were impossible before.
“There was no such thing as dating before,” North Korean defector Tai Jin Kim said. “People met at work and some of them started to like each other and then they got married. Otherwise, privileged and high-class people preferred arranged marriages,” he told RFA.
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Office Romance a NO-NO
Many companies have a strict no-tolerance rule for office romance. This however will make it more intriguing for some to get a relationship going on the sly.
“A hot date made across the company copy machine sounds innocent enough, but while workplace twosomes often lead to marriage, the bloom of romance can make for thorny on-the-job situations.”
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Another Cyber Love Connection
“Mary Bosick, 53, and Scott Eddy, 56, both Fairview Heights residents, were hoping to find someone to spend the rest of their lives with when they logged onto Match.com two years ago.”
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400% Increase in Online Dating
“The Internet has turned into the biggest lovelines in the world. In the last four years, traffic to online dating services has skyrocketed.”
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See how Match.net really operates
MatchNet one of the largest providers of online personals worldwide, will provide operating highlights for fourth quarter 2003 and discuss current initiatives during a live teleconference on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 7:30 a.m.
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Match.com increases speed
“SpeedMatching users will check in to their Match.com accounts and call a Match.com phone number at a designated time for a session lasting about 45 minutes.”
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