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Two years ago he owned "the Rolls Royce" of tenor saxophones but couldn't play it. Nor could he walk or talk. A stroke had suddenly put paid to life as Edwin `Doc' Simons had known it - or so it seemed.
For decades he had combined his talents as a fi...
DATE: Jul 10, 2002
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Tommy Aitchison will always regard the late Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman as one of his good friends...even though the pair never met face to face.
And the dozens of letters Mr. Aitchison has kept from years of corresponding with `The Don' ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2002
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Bermuda's French-speaking community has introduced a new twist to its annual celebration of France's national holiday.
This year, the Alliance Francaise Bastille dinner dance will have a Pacific island theme.
"The French Polynesian theme reminds us t...
DATE: Jul 09, 2002
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When the Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society's (BMDS) production of Shakespeare's ‘Love's Labour's Lost' opens at Daylesford this month, it will be with music composed and scored by a Bermudian.
The honour has fallen to Steve Gallant, and the request ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2002
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He is to newspapers what Johnny Barnes is to greetings: a regular fixture on the early morning scene.
For more than 30 years Rev. James Todd has been a man for all seasons, standing outside Coral Cleaners on Victoria Street, rain, blow or shine, disp...
DATE: Jul 03, 2002
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Why do mosquitoes bite?
Mosquitoes require blood to develop eggs. Since the males do not lay eggs, they do not bite. The female is always looking for a blood meal and needs a blood meal for every batch of eggs she lays.
Why do mosquitoes leave welts?...
DATE: Jul 02, 2002
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Teams of health department workers were back out on the road yesterday seeking out and eliminating the main source for mosquito breeding - stagnant water.
The staff have been visiting households advising the occupants on how to reduce the breeding of...
DATE: Jul 02, 2002
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Royal Gazette deputy chief photographer David Skinner is afraid of heights and doesn't like flying ...but the chance to hang out of an open door helicopter 1,000 feet above Bermuda was too good an assignment to pass up.
The result is more than a thou...
DATE: Jun 28, 2002
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Summer is definitely which means, for most of us ditching the heat of cooking in the kitchen and taking it outdoors to the barbecue. Many people believe that barbecuing is a healthy, low-fat way to eat, and they would not be wrong. However, what is p...
DATE: Jun 28, 2002
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With nicknames like `Bussy Dread', `One Love' and `Mikey Spice', and dreadlocks, wool caps and dark shades added to the mix, they might be mistaken for a bunch of off-the-wall dreamers, but that would only be through ignorance. Instead, they are rega...
DATE: Jun 27, 2002
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