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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — It’s way too long and massively convoluted and ultimately just plain silly. But still, it’s a lot of fun a lot of the time. The third movie in the freakishly successful Pirates franchise feels substantial an...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
(Faber and Faber)
by Chris Salez
THERE was a time when The Clash, the brilliant British quartet that blended politics with punk rock, was (quite properly) billed as “The Only Band That Matters”.A new biog...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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Claims that Premier Ewart Brown is living a “lavish” lifestyle at taxpayers’ expense were rejected by his Press Secretary.
Dr. Brown came under fire from the Opposition United Bermuda Party after it was revealed he and his entourage spent more than $...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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Tim Smith
The Ex
THx isn’t so much a movie with a plot as it is a filmed series of situations in which Zach Braff a) injures himself, b) humiliates himself, or c) both.Borrowing early and often from Meet the Parenand You, Me & Dupree, this desperate comedy fin...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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A once-neglected area of Hamilton was transformed into a blaze of colour and activity yesterday as the Bermuda Day Heritage Parade went through the “back of town” for the first time.
A decision by Government to incorporate Court Street and the surrou...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
GOVERNMENT’S Health Insurance Plan (HIP) has come under attack by doctors who claim they are receiving lump payments months in arrears and without the necessary documentation for verification.
And they are questioning a new initiative placing Medical...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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THERE is no denying it. By Bermuda standards summer has started and a quick glance at our northern and western neighbours shows that their respective holiday schedules have also heralded the outdoor season. Despite a bit of cooler than usual breezes,...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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AT our local chess club we have the Kemper Memorial Tournament going on at this time. Although there are some players who don’t come to play on the Tuesday night that they are due to play, it’s still a good tournament.
Here are the results up to Tues...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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GREAT philosophers will say that life, like wine, gets better with age while memory does not. But in the case of Florence Brady, this is not so. This 95-year-old matriarch still remembers events from more than 80 years ago as if it were yesterday and...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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The Second Objective
(Hyperion, 319 pages)
by Mark Frost
AS its title makes plain, Mark Frost’s World War Two thriller is about two objectives. Yet so energetic is the first undertaken that you almost forget there’s a second.It’s December 1944 and t...
DATE: May 25, 2007
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