The mountainsides and less arable lands were the property of the barangay or public property, which meant that they were open to everyone who wanted to till them. ... They obtained timber from the virgin forests (lumbering) and made small fast sailing boats called barangays and virreys and large vessels called tapaques, caracaos, and lapis. (Figure to the right- boat found in Butuan, Mindanao.) ...

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And when the Beatles finally opened with "I Wanna Be Your Man," you could feel the excitement ripping through you, a detonation of such magnitude your entire being seemed to explode. ... It is an attempt to brainwash the people of the Philippines, to alienate them from anything and everything that may open their minds to things unrelated to the Marcos regime. ...

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