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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." – Persian proverb from the book Three Cups of Tea.
Things, Mr. Editor, are looking pretty dim, grim even, when it comes to the state of the country's finances. The most recent Report from the Office of...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Today is Wednesday, February 24, the 55th day of 2010. There are 310 days left in the year.
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In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2010
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Monday, February 22, the 53rd day of 2010. There are 312 days left in the year.
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In 1966, Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote took full power and had five ministers arrested.
In 1979, St. Lucia gained f...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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Today is Friday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2010. There are 315 days left in the year.
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In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorised the military to relocat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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Causeway closures
February 14, 2010
Dear Sir,
The Causeway was closed again sometime late on Saturday afternoon. This policy, now the responsibility of Minister of Public Safety Lt. Col. David Burch, was brought about as a result of the tragic loss o...
DATE: Feb 16, 2010
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Inequality before the law
February 3, 2010
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The renewed debate about Bermuda's Human Rights Act presents an opportunity to reflect on the words of Bayard Rustin. Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr.'s mentor, wrote:
"(T) he job of the gay communi...
DATE: Feb 10, 2010
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Golf path long enough
February 1, 2010
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In today's edition of The Royal Gazette, Mr. Robinson expressed his outrage over the cost of the cart path at Port Royal. Mr. Robinson freely admits "I don't know how big the pathway is but for that pr...
DATE: Feb 03, 2010
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The world is still trying to come to grips with a human tragedy on a scale usually found in history books, as global attention remains focused on the massive loss of life in Haiti, and the giant task of rebuilding from one of the most powerful earthq...
DATE: Jan 30, 2010
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Those who — including this newspaper -have warned over the last few years that Bermuda is becoming less attractive to international business have constantly been branded as scaremongers and worse.
But the report by Dowling & Partners Securities LLC p...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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Bermuda has traditionally given generously to the people of other countries when natural disasters have struck, but the response to the Haiti earthquake has been overwhelming.
That this should be so is understandable. Haiti is broadly a part of the s...
DATE: Jan 20, 2010
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