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Glenn Fubler looks at the life of Nelson Mandela, who celebrates his 90th birthday on July 18 by way of background for Imagine Bermuda's essay competition, "Reflecting on Mandela's Example". The winning essay and a number of others will be published ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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Few would dispute the importance of maintaining good relations between Bermuda and the United States.
The US is the Island's largest trading partner, a major market for the Island's financial services industry and the major source of the Island's vis...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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A glaring omission
June 1, 2008
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I read with interest the road accident statistics in today's Royal Gazette. There was, however, one glaring omission: cause or suspected cause of accident. Road accidents are caused by many things: Alcohol, d...
DATE: Jun 05, 2008
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The time has come
June 1, 2008
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Re: Roger Crombie on tax avoidance (May 24, 2008). Roger Crombie's otherwise perceptive article on tax evasion versus tax avoidance, and the plans of the contenders for the American presidency to wreak havoc o...
DATE: Jun 04, 2008
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Among the many striking statistics in the SmartRisk study carried out by Dr. Joseph Froncioni and his colleagues into Bermuda's road crashes, one stands out above all others.
That number is the extraordinary level of accidents requiring some form of ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2008
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Apart from being world famous American citizens, Reggie, Dolly and Bill were all born in the same year, 1946. Not only did it signal the end of World War II, it signalled the beginning of a baby boom in the USA, Canada, Australia, and many other coun...
DATE: Jun 03, 2008
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Address Flatts Bridge
May 9, 2008
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What is going on with Flatts Bridge? It's literally falling to pieces. I did read in the paper a while ago that the bridge is going to be repaired and the metal jacks beneath it are not exactly holding it u...
DATE: Jun 03, 2008
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Waste of words
May 25, 2008
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I tuned in to hear the House of Assembly on Friday, May 16, to listen to the debate on the drug policy. It was a waste of time for the simple reason I remember Nancy Reagan (US president's wife) say these words: ...
DATE: May 30, 2008
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The quest for independence
May 28, 2008
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Once again we have been reminded by the Premier the quest for independence is unassailable, inescapable and on the top of the priority list. Unlike our 'double jeopardy laws' where one cannot be trie...
DATE: May 29, 2008
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Vet standards
May 21, 2008
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I am no longer able to keep the pen sheathed, and therefore request space to respond to Senator David Burch's inappropriate and ill-considered recent attack on local veterinary practitioners, and those giving voic...
DATE: May 27, 2008
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