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It is great for Spanish football that two clubs from the same city — Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid — will be battling it out in the Champions League final on May 24 in Lisbon.
It was fantastic that the two teams could go away from home on the secon...
DATE: May 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
Last week’s article about the differences in pensions available to Bermuda residents generated more interesting responses from Moneywise readers. Serious concerns were expressed about how to manage financially into retirement, now exacerbated by the ...
DATE: May 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Winter is over, according to the local fishing calendar and it is now formally tournament season. That may have been in doubt this week, but now the bluster has gone out of the weather and boats have been able to start concentrating on the offshore s...
DATE: May 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
I found myself in a bizarre situation today. I was delivering a presentation on nutritional strategies for stress defence when I got a little flustered. This is a topic I know and love, so why was I struggling to maintain my composure? Because my spa...
DATE: May 02, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
With the league season merely days away, I have not been impressed with what I have seen thus far from players and clubs. Sadly, our season is due to start this weekend and it would not surprise me if the start of the season is postponed.
For the sak...
DATE: May 02, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
It’s ironic really. One party complains about criticism levelled by the other and invariably replies in kind, whether by style or in substance, or both, touching of further rounds of more of the same. So it goes in politics in Bermuda as the kettle c...
DATE: May 02, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
When I went public with the decision to return to Bermuda, the tone of responses ranged from the congratulatory to the incredulous.
Leaving The Times was a difficult thing to do, being as it is right at the forefront of cutting-edge journalism. But I...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith
Politics can be pretty distasteful. “My team is better than your team.” There is a lot of posturing, manipulating information and situations, trying to take credit or discredit where possible … all to look good and gain favour. It’s bad enough puttin...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Few people are unaware of the number of horrible events in the United States in recent years, largely because guns are so plentiful that they often end up in the hands of the mentally challenged, with devastating results, and despite efforts from pol...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
This last Sunday was Easter. ‘The Ten Commandments’ were on television again. I used to enjoy watching that movie, and then I began to wonder why they were showing ‘The Ten Commandments’ when Easter had to do with Jesus. Jesus wasn’t on the scene yet...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell