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The weekend forecast is almost good enough to make an angler want to head offshore, but the threat of an easterly breeze and the chance of thunder is off-putting enough and, if the truth to be told, there is little to encourage anyone to drop everyth...
DATE: Oct 17, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
This is week 11 of the 14-week Bermuda action plan to improve your financial lifestyle.
Your action plan is now knee-deep in the review of investing and pensions. In the next two weeks, we will:
• review the performance of a balanced pension selectio...
DATE: Oct 17, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Anyone who follows world-class tennis should know something about that crucial moment when a match hangs on a single point. The player with an advantage has to be extremely careful, especially when the ball is in their court. A wrong move could mean ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
This week’s column is a farce, Mr Editor; although, who knows, maybe in the eyes of some, all of my columns are. So be it. There will always be a disagreement on matters of opinion and that’s not a bad thing. In fact, it is downright healthy. As one ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
With winter just around the corner and the domestic cricket season concluded, this will be my last column of the summer. Thanks to the many readers for all of your support. Many of you have personally voiced your appreciation and for that I say thank...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Hallowe’en is on the horizon and I am getting excited. The costumes are on their way. Chloe is still a raccoon but Belle, who changes her mind at the speed of light, is going to be a rainbow monster. If you don’t know what a rainbow monster is, you a...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
“The phrase ‘All politics is local’ is used commonly in American politics. Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is most closely associated with this phrase, which encapsulates the principle that a politician’s success is tied directly to the pers...
DATE: Oct 16, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
“So what do you do for fun?” I asked my new friend.
“Oh, I straighten my kitchen,” she replied.
Straightening does not sound like much of a hobby. Was this woman joshing with me?
Nope. She was serious; she got a thrill from straightening forks. Oka...
DATE: Oct 15, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Slacker Mom
Back in the Sixties, there was a song by Dionne Warwick, and made quite popular by Luther Vandross decades later, entitled A House Is Not A Home. The lyrics suggested that no matter how modern and sleek the furniture, maybe, unless there is love and ...
DATE: Oct 15, 2015
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“Oft as we can we’ll come back again”
On Friday, the Berkeley Family will be having yet another family reunion. It has been a longstanding tradition that every October we honour our founding fathers of the Berkeley Institute at the event known as Fo...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous