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We Bermudians tend to suffer from the extremes of a bipolar social syndrome. At times, we've committed the national sin of arrogance and self-confidence beyond the realm of financial reality. At other times, the collective we still spend inordinate a...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Martha Harris Myron
Post baby Belle, having just experimented with my first pair of Spanx, I'm feeling a little depressed. Spanx might be amazing at flattening down your extra inches but the excess does have to go somewhere. So whilst right now I have an impossibly flat...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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Catherine Burns
Happy Holidays Bermuda! It's December for heaven's sake already. I have to encourage those who can to buy Bermuda. It's been a tough, rough year on many businesses and the laws of economics do not support buying in Bermuda if one is already planning ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
As I sat watching Manchester United lose to West Ham in the Carling Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday my first thought for the second string team was, “you blew it.”
Here it is, you finally have your chance and have been eager to play on the big stage, ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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Clay Smith
“ … and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning forks” Holy Bible, Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3.
FAT chance, Mr Editor, that this will actually happen any time soon in the House, but it would be a good place...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
Fixing our education system is a necessary priority. With the dedicated members of the Board of Education, the enthusiasm of Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith, and no shortage of resources, we are well poised to rehabilitate this ailing syst...
DATE: Dec 01, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Many Bermudians, black and white, helped in years gone by to make our tourist business outstanding despite the many social obstacles of the day.
They understood that one negative incident involving guests, could snowball and damage the entire in...
DATE: Nov 29, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
Well, the weather certainly isn't helping the weekender and the year's sport fishing is rapidly drawing to a close. Part of the problem is that the sportsman is limited to which days he or she is free to fish. Add in the increasing pressures arising ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2010
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Tight Lines
Where, oh, where have all the fishermen gone could be a lament of the time. The recent downturn in activity seems to have dissuaded amateurs from even attempting to try their luck offshore and the shift to lobstering by commercial operators has helpe...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
November usually finishes off any good growth and flowering potential as temperatures drop, cooler weather dominates and the occasional north wind doth blow. It has been an unusual year weatherwise, a colder than normal winter leading into a prolonge...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Griffiths
