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Explain this, Mr. Lister
August 3, 2005
Dear Sir,
In his letter to the editor in the August 1 issue of ,Terry Lister, Minister of Education, criticises your columnist, Christian Dunleavy, for his views on the Bermuda public education system.
In his l...
DATE: Aug 06, 2005
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Education Minister Terry Lister's bad-tempered response this week to columnist Christian Dunleavy's column calling for an inquiry into public education could possibly be excused if the standards of academic attainment in the public schools weren't so...
DATE: Aug 05, 2005
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Do something, Dr. Brown
August 3, 2005
Dear Sir,
In reference to the recent letter copied to you, and corresponding article, describing the treatment of Mrs. Jo-Ann Turman during the Airport Customs search, printed on August 3, I have only one questi...
DATE: Aug 04, 2005
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July 26, 2005
Dear Sir,
I read with interest the column entitled 'The Abysmal State of Our Schools', which appeared in of today's date. The writer, Christian Dunleavy, draws a parallel between the recent power outage and the state of public education...
DATE: Aug 02, 2005
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I recently received through the mail, as did most households in Bermuda, a slick document entitled ?Charting our Course? from the Sustainable Development Project which has an optimistic objective of putting together a plan for Bermuda?s long-term fut...
DATE: Aug 01, 2005
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House and field slaves
July 25, 2005
Dear Sir,
When I last wrote to The Royal Gazette, it was intentionally written in a riddle, but on this occasion, I shall be succinct.
This government has the slave mentality by managing to separate the house slav...
DATE: Jul 30, 2005
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By the numbers
July 27, 2005
Dear Sir,
Some numbers to ponder:
$113.1 million: the amount of money in circulation this Cup match. $4,524: the average per household (25,000). $1,740: the average per person cash in hand to spend on food, drink, clothes...
DATE: Jul 30, 2005
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The smoke over Serpentine Road had barely cleared before the politicians began circling, the letters to the Editor flowed in and the talk show phones began ringing. Everyone, it seemed, was uncharacteristically singing from the same hymn sheet callin...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Opposed to pay-per-view
July 25, 2005
Dear Sir,
It was with great sadness that I read that there will be a charge for viewers to watch Cup Match on TV this year.
We watch the Olympic Games for weeks on end without charge; we watch the World Cup and t...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Westgate hotel?
July 19, 2005
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I saw part of the news tonight and couldn?t believe,that the woman being interviewed, didn?t say Westgate was going to stop treating hardcore criminals like they were hotel guests and, start treating them like ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2005
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