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A major hurdle that has to be overcome in any analysis of Bermuda's poor is the fact that they do not exist in the perceptions of too many Bermudians.
If one were to carry out a man in the street survey on the state of Bermuda's poor, one would proba...
DATE: Sep 30, 2004
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Big trucks a menace
September 20, 2004
Dear Sir,
Has anyone besides me noticed that driving in Smith?s Parish has become life-threatening due to oversized vehicles? The speed at which they are travelling is even more frightening.
Three weeks ago I wa...
DATE: Sep 29, 2004
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Last week, the Premier made a major announcement. It's a shame he didn't tell us first, preferring instead to deliver the news to his evidently more important friends at the Overseas Territories Consultative Council.
Why is it that this Government pr...
DATE: Sep 28, 2004
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Recently I saw four young men enter one of our premium restaurants in T-shirts and the baggiest of dungaree shorts and head bands. Staff were reluctant to say a word because the "race" card might be played or they might complain about the "tone" of v...
DATE: Sep 27, 2004
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The selection of Pro-Active Management Ltd. by the Government of Bermuda to build the Senior Secondary School provided an excellent opportunity to redress historic inequities.
This article supports this proposition from three viewpoints: the manageme...
DATE: Sep 22, 2004
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In his column on this page today, Washington Post columnist William Raspberry urges former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry to show leadership on the crisis that is engulfing America's inner cities.
Mr. Raspberry has more faith in the former mayor -...
DATE: Sep 20, 2004
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As students return to classes, it's interesting to note that the recent stream of GCSE results show that Bermuda's students in the private and public school systems can compete with their peers in the rest of the world.
It has been difficult to make ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2004
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One of the things about President Bush, and about America, that seems to bother Europeans most is their unabashed religiosity.
Europeans feel that references to God should be reserved for church occasions, not scattered through the purely laical busi...
DATE: Aug 30, 2004
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August 5, 2004
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I am writing to you because to be honest I am at my wits end. I am a student who has always managed to maintain an excellent grade point average and keeping it that way is no small feat. Yet now I find myself in a dilemma. I ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2004
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If it isn't broke...
August 3 2004
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This is in response to Mr. Calvin Smith's letter dated July 27, 2004 in which he responds to my original letter which objected to the PLP's lack of accountability, and outlined the risks of Independence fo...
DATE: Aug 10, 2004
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