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Today is Thursday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2010. There are 148 days left in the year.
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In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Admiral David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala.
In 1884, the cornerstone fo...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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Good-hearted people
July 29, 2010
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Tuesday (July 27) my son was involved in a terrible bike accident. This is the time when Bermudians show their true colours and come together to help. I want to thank the Police and the emergency crew, espe...
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During a recent Oprah Winfrey episode, she conducted an interview with Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. During the interview, a segment of Will's 1989 'Parents Just Don't Understand' video was played. Will Smith commented that now he real...
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Over the past number of months, members of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance have been meeting with members of the International Business (IB) community to get a sense of how the industry, which is Bermuda's biggest employer and driver of our economy, ...
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Today is Wednesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2010. There are 149 days left in the year.
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In 1916, the United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million.
In 1944, Anne Frank, 15, was arrest...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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In Afghanistan, momentum has become a substitute for logic. We're not fighting because we have a clear set of achievable goals. We're at war, apparently, because we're at war.
No other conclusion can be drawn from the circular, contradictory, confusi...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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An article in yesterday's paper entitled "Senators warn against claiming private sector pension money" incorrectly referred to the National Pension Scheme Amendment Act. Actually the Senate passed the National Pension Scheme (Financial Hardships) Reg...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Going down the toilet
July 22, 2010
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To my fellow Bermudians, I live abroad and have read the online Royal Gazette every day for the last 5 years. I can definitely see the downward decline of my country, and I am writing this letter to the e...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Finance Minister Paula Cox's announcement last week that she is considering allowing restaurants to defer paying payroll tax was not a great surprise – the surprise was that more business groupings aren't screaming for relief.
Restaurants are having ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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The 5th International Carers Convention was held in July in Leeds, UK, with delegates from every continent sharing their knowledge. I presented on a global initiative to bring a human rights perspective to caregiving, but more on that another time. F...
DATE: Aug 03, 2010
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