551 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Lifestyle"
Mark Twain hailed the Republic of Mauritius, and Bermuda, as two of the most beautiful places on earth. Surrounded by coral reefs and set in azure seas, the physical setting of the two islands is similar – and the commonalities do not end there. Berm...
DATE: May 18, 2009
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FOREST, Virginia (AP) — Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third president's original vision as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildre...
DATE: May 12, 2009
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This is the first part of an excerpt from "Four Centuries of Friendship: American Bermuda Relations 1609-2009", a new book conceived and edited by Marina Slayton, wife of US Consul General Gregory Slayton. This excerpt is the first half of Dr. Edward...
DATE: May 06, 2009
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Bicycles and now motorcycles have been an important element for generations in the rites of passage of many young Bermudians. It seems that bicycles and motorcycles are symbolic of the declaration of independence from parents and the cutting of attac...
DATE: Apr 29, 2009
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Question: Our four-year-old little boy is very friendly and extroverted. He happily runs off to class each morning without a backward glance because he loves being at school with so many playmates and he's very well liked because of his personable na...
DATE: Apr 11, 2009
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To the Bermuda High School for Girls, 2009 was a new year full of familiar faces, new year's resolutions, but one new teacher: Niamah Denbrook.
She began her BHS career as a guidance counsellor in January of 2009, and was welcomed with smiling faces ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2009
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Question: Can you give us some advice on helping our 3-year-old daughter overcome her shyness? She's in preschool and cried the whole time at the Christmas party. She wouldn't go on stage with the rest of her classmates and stood next to me, clinging...
DATE: Mar 28, 2009
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Some children dream of buying an expensive gaming system, or a fancy cellphone, but 14-year-old Andrew Smith dreams of butchering beef tenderloin and cooking up a really nice piece of fillet mignon.
"I wanted to cook that this Sunday, but it turned o...
DATE: Mar 12, 2009
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Crossing over the border from Croatia into Slovenia (which used to be all one state under the name Yugoslavia) was nerve racking to say the least.
We had decided to take the train to Ljubljana (luu-bi-ann-yah), the capital of Slovenia, for the aftern...
DATE: Mar 09, 2009
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F ormer Royal Gazette reporter Robyn Skinner is continuing her trek around the world – moving deeper into Eastern Europe. In her third report, she finds out about the capital of Slovenia before jetting off to London and then to the north of England
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DATE: Mar 09, 2009
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