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Cup Match is over, a new champion has been crowned, and I am still in a stunned state to say the least, and that's putting it nicely.
First things first, I must first congratulate Somerset on their victory as I don't want to take away from their acc...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Bermuda’s Olympians could have done better . . . much better.
But before the letter writers put pen to paper, they might want to talk to the athletes themselves.
They every right to be proud and should be commended for 100 percent effort.
However, mo...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Hi Ladies and Gents!
Hope you all had a wonderful Cup Match and have fully recovered by now! If you haven't fully recovered yet, then you probably want to get yourself checked out by a doc as it was kinda a long time ago..
l The Bermuda Musical & Dr...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Congratulations to Somerset Cricket Club for thoroughly thrashing my team, St George’s, in the 2012 Annual Cup Match Classic. Having played and watched over 40 years of cricket, I can say that I have seldom before seen such an abysmal display of batt...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Several funny things coming out of the London Olympics that haven't been reported are going to be reported here.
For instance, did you hear about the three young men who wanted to get into the opening ceremony but didn't have tickets?
Well, one of th...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
In these times of spiralling national debt and momentous economic and social changes, we are in a “crisis of confidence”. The symptoms of this crisis is all around us:
l Businesses having difficulty meeting obligations
l Job shrinkage in local and in...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
More and more people are expressing concern about reckless riding and driving on Bermuda roads, and while some lay the blame on Police for not doing enough, the real blame should be placed on our community behavioural patterns, and a growing lack of ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
This week I have the good fortune of being in the UK as they host the 2012 Olympic games. Not a typical sports fan, but being here one has little choice but to be swept up in the emotion, drama and excitement of it. And with every compelling story of...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
This is the response of Citizens Uppooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) to Kevin Comeau’s Second Rotary Speech.
In 1965, then President Lyndon Johnson gave the commencement speech at Howard University and stated the following:
“You do not take a person...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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Some time ago I was driving into work when I came across a police checkpoint.
I, being a law-abiding citizen and having the utmost respect for our boys in blue, slowed down thinking that I would be asked to produce my licence.
However, the officer g...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man