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Cup Match is over for another year, and has thankfully passed without a violent incident. After outbursts of violence at White Hill Field and at Wellington Oval in the last 12 months, there is reason to be happy that this holiday passed without a maj...
DATE: Aug 03, 2004
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Tomorrow marks the playing of Cup Match, Bermuda's annual two-day holiday when the Island's best cricketers battle for bragging rights between St. George's and Somerset.
But the holiday means much more than that.
It was begun by rival Masonic lodges ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2004
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It's the oldest trick in the book.
If you don't like what you're hearing, shoot the messenger.
That is what occurred in the House of Assembly on Friday when Government MPs criticised the media for the round of bad news it has been getting lately.
The...
DATE: Jul 27, 2004
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It is a very interesting exercise to examine trends in population growth for the period 1960 to 2000 as measured at each Census Date.
The data show some revealing trends, some of which are widely known and others that are relatively unknown. Three tr...
DATE: Jul 14, 2004
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Lets discuss gambling
July 5, 2004
Dear Sir,
In today?s Royal Gazette, you printed a letter entitled ?Where is democracy?? It started out about gaming machines. The whole concept of gambling in Bermuda must be placed on the front burner and bold posi...
DATE: Jul 10, 2004
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Britain yesterday announced the most radical reform of its education system in 30 years, unveiling a five-year plan giving schools greater autonomy and allowing popular schools to expand to meet demand from parents.
It is no coincidence that many of ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2004
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During the past week, many letter writers to expressed views on the recent forum on Independence sponsored by the BIU and on conclusions reached by myself (Calvin Smith) in a series of articles on Independence published in .
The Forum on Independenc...
DATE: Jul 06, 2004
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June 16, 2004
Dear Sir,
It really is amazing. Calvin Smith says ?whites better get on board?, which in itself implies a threat of things to come if whites don?t. However he doesn?t say what he is talking about. So one brave white soul decides to put ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2004
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Small minded
June 1, 2004
Dear Sir,
Mean spirited - that is my view of the decision to exclude bronze-medalist Clarence Hill from our Hall of Fame.
Disgusting! Imagine, sitting in judgment of a world-class achiever simply because he, subsequent to wi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2004
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If you think politics in the House of Assembly are rough, you should try politics in any institution of higher education.
Try the Bermuda College. It has had more than its share in the last few years.While looking backwards can result in seeing thing...
DATE: Jun 23, 2004
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