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WASHINGTON ? The National Urban League issued its annual State of Black America report last week, and you won't be surprised to learn that, once again, the league is worried about the gap in well-being between blacks and whites.
There is a small refi...
DATE: Apr 12, 2005
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April 2, 2005
Dear Sir,
While not wishing to get into the rights and wrongs of the Melanie Wedgwood case involving the tragic death of young Tyaisha Cox, I wish to offer the following suggestions which may, just may, prevent any recurrence of that tr...
DATE: Apr 11, 2005
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He earned our respect
April 4, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you regarding the story on Major Herman Eve's retirement from the Regiment. I am now 48 years old, but when I was 16 I joined Junior Leaders, the cadet corps for the Bermuda Regiment. Sgt....
DATE: Apr 07, 2005
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Just serving time
March 28, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am writing to ask why we still view (male only) conscription as an acceptable practice.
I see nothing wrong with Bermuda keeping its Regiment, but forced involvement through conscription is unethical and s...
DATE: Apr 03, 2005
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A story in Wednesday?s about the Household Expenditure Survey goes a long way towards explaining why people are feeling stressed about the costs of life in Bermuda. Princes have really increased since 2000 when the last Survey was completed.
And it a...
DATE: Apr 01, 2005
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March 30, 2005
Dear Sir,
In the local media the other day there was a picture of a four-door hatchback car, a Toyota RAV4, starting at $42,000. Seeing these sell for $18,750 on the Internet in the US, this seemed a misprint until seeing other prices ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2005
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Disillusioned with BIC
March 24, 2005
Dear Sir,
I must add my voice to Peter Forster's letter copied to you and published in your March 23 edition.
First, the venues for the meetings scheduled from March 24 to the 31 are totally inappropriate if the ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2005
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Last week, Government announced the appointment of Milton Scott as Director of Labour in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mr. Scott was heralded by Minister Randy Horton as supremely qualified for the post. Not only had he been secretary general of the ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2005
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Changing the flow
March 18, 2005
Dear Sir,
I never cease to wonder why nothing has been done to remedy the high concentration of the traffic on Church Street between Par-la-Ville and Burnaby Street. This problem occurs on a daily basis, and it is fur...
DATE: Mar 26, 2005
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Last week's editorial on education focused primarily on the need to give schools more autonomy and to allow schools and principals to get on with the job.
An article in last week's Economist Magazine adds weight to that argument ? and also takes a di...
DATE: Mar 23, 2005
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