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Friday's Throne Speech, the first of Paula Cox's tenure as Premier, contained less of the high flown philosophy and lengthy quotations from eminent men and women that have characterised some past Throne Speeches. At this point in Bermuda's developmen...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010
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@rh24bold:Today in History
Today is Saturday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2010. There are 55 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Clocks go back one hour.
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In 1860, former Illinois congre...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010
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Premier Paula Cox's busy week culminates today with the Throne Speech.
It is likely that it will be very similar to what's contained in the national plan she presented to delegates at last week's Progressive Labour Party Conference and, if that's the...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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Cut payroll tax now
October 31, 2010
Dear Sir,
As we celebrate the selection of a new Premier; and as a businesswomen, I honour and sincerely respect her achievements, I sit with my head in my hands having completed the last day of our company's 25th...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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'I had long before come to the conclusion that the party system, though necessary, was at one level irrational and counter-productive. It meant differences had to be either exaggerated or invented; it stopped sensible people cooperating to achieve se...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Friday, November 5, the 309th day of 2010. There are 56 days left in the year.
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In 1605, the "Gunpowder Plot" failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up england's Parliament.
In 1960, silen...
DATE: Nov 05, 2010
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This newspaper doesn't comment much on overseas events, because there are other people around the world who are much better at it.
Still, the change in political fortunes for US President Barack Obama and the Democrats just two years after the euphor...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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Today is Thursday, November 4, the 308th day of 2010. There are 57 days left in the year.
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In 1964, Shiite cleric the Ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini is forcibly exiled from Iran. He settles first in Iraq then France.
In 1979, the Iran hosta...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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This month, The Royal Gazette is giving considerable coverage to male health issues as part of the "Movember" campaign organised by the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
None of this diminishes the severity of others forms of cancer, or those that ma...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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WASHINGTON — The first African-American president takes office, and almost immediately we see the birth of a big, passionate national movement — overwhelmingly white and lavishly funded — that tries its best to delegitimize that president, seeks to t...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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