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I don’t know how old Paul of Tarsus was when he died. No one knows that for sure. I suspect he was an older man, because he describes many years and various turns of growth along the way of what sounds like a full life. Supposedly he was born five ye...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
On Wednesday of last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced that it would attempt to aid the US economy by extending the duration of its portfolio, effectively performing what the market has dubbed “Operation Twist” (OT). Quoting fr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Election season is well underway, with the political parties selecting parliamentary candidates and positioning themselves for a general election.
Care needs to be taken not to get too carried away with the primaries, as they are a little like the t...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Listen to a rather ordinary casual comment. “The company is paying a great dividend, around 5%. I’m seriously considering buying some of their shares.”
Not so fast. Think about what was just said. Is that all you should consider, a complete focus on...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
The whole situation of money that has been wastefully spent by the BCB and BFA is something that has to be addressed and it is good that this is coming to light now with the forming of a commission.
You can't just distribute public money and not know...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
It is indeed later than you think. The commercial operators are heavily into their lobster fishing and most of the sporting competitions are over. Should things come to an end?
Of course not, is the answer to that question.
With the weather still lo...
DATE: Sep 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
The one upside to the recent roach invasion is that in the process of emptying the entire kitchen for the fogging, I threw away bags and bags of Useless Things. Out went the fish poacher and the orange press. No doubt I will need them next week, but ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
Congratulations to St David’s Cricket Club on winning the league this season. They have been by far the best team in Bermuda this summer.
St David’s bounced back from a mediocre season last year and set the standard in Bermuda this year.
While cric...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
ONCE upon a time cricket was considered a gentleman’s game.
Perhaps elsewhere it still is, but certainly not in Bermuda.
The game’s ruled by thugs, league players, most of whom aren’t good enough to play in other countries’ schoolboys teams.
When the...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
This week I will venture into sports and become a boxing beat writer. I watched the Mayweather vs Ortiz fight last Saturday night/Sunday morning and saw a good, interesting and controversial fight. Some people say that Mayweather took advantage of Or...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
