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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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AUTHOR:
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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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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AUTHOR:
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
Sometime quite soon, we will witness another changing of the guard. We don't know who it will be representing us and the affairs of our country, but we hope the person selected is taking this position at the right time, for the right reasons, with th...
DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
This week's PGA Grand Slam of Golf was an unqualified success.
Ernie Els said so. Graeme McDonnell concurred.
David Toms and Martin Kaymer both want to come back.
The syrupy commentators of the TNT network, who televised every hole, were falling over...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson