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It is now less than a month away so if you celebrate Christmas, I really hope that you are much more organised that I am. Lots of festive fun coming up so let's get right down to it:
The Adult Services’ film selection at Bermuda National Library this...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
The perennial question, “Why vote for an Independent candidate?’, provokes another even more important question, “Why not, given Bermuda’s present two-Party system gridlock, vote Independent?”
In addition to all of the laudable reasons argued in favo...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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Phil Perinchief
Some years ago there was a film entitled ‘On the Beach’ which dealt with the aftermath of a nuclear encounter. One scene depicted a deserted street, with pieces of paper drifting about in a gentle breeze. What appeared to be a headline on a newspaper...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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Al Seymour
Do you ever wonder why people do the things they do? Any given situation might elicit myriad responses depending on who is reacting to it. One person might shout, another might crumple up and cry and a third look for someone to hug, all from the same...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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Julia Pitt
They call economics the “dismal science”. The world often seems far more interested in the awful things going on rather than positive developments. That’s why we rubber-neck when we see car accidents and airplane landings never make the news. Now tha...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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Nathan Kowalski
Bank deposit interest rates are still so low, so tedious in their predictability, and so discouraging for the fierce saver, it would seem that investors would be flocking to invest in equity markets.
The opposite, however, is still true. Investors a...
DATE: Nov 24, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Martha Harris Myron
In case you had not noticed, the shopping, turkey and ham season is well and truly upon us and, with the added excitement and distraction of an election, will probably put most weekenders’ boats out on their moorings for the duration. Either that or ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2012
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Tight Lines
What a strange week it has been at Chelsea Football Club.
Roberto Di Matteo, who did superbly well last season, winning the European Champions League and the FA Cup, has been axed and replaced by former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez until the end of...
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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Clyde Best
I love my kids. Not just in an I-love-chocolate kind of way, but in an earth-shattering, heart-stopping, life-defining way. They are absolutely the apex of my world. And they are also disgusting.
I just spent an amazing weekend away with one of my o...
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It’s unusual for football referees to be banned, and even more so when those referees happen to be female considering they make up a small percentage of the match official pool.
But that’s what happened when lineswoman Wendy Woodley and her daughter ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Adrian Robson
