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This article is adapted from a speech delivered this week by former Premier Sir John Swan to the annual general meeting of Bermuda’s Emerging Professionals.
These are deeply troubling financial and social times for all of us. Bermudians and residents...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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Today is Friday, April 16, the 106th day of 2010. There are 259 days left in the year.
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In 1789, President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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A little Housekeeping, if you will, this week, Mr. Editor, left over from the Budget Debate. You will recall those interminable briefs that Ministers read but never share except with their own. Well, I actually got one, the old-fashioned way. I was g...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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The New York Times, on the advent of e-readers
As always, I am reading several books at a time — actually, several stacks. One is the stack of heirloom books by my bed, which begins with the engaging and soon-to-be-published "Camel" by Robert Irwin a...
DATE: Apr 16, 2010
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Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2010. There are 260 days left in the year.
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In 1817, the first permanent American school for the deaf opened in Hartford, Conn.
In 1850, the city of San Francisco was incorporated.
In 1861, t...
DATE: Apr 15, 2010
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Time to get tough
April 2, 2010
Dear Sir,
Why is it that this latest act of brutal violence which had been inflicted upon a family (and our community as a whole) this past Good Friday at Victor Scott School grounds is considered any different than al...
DATE: Apr 15, 2010
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The Guardian, London on sexual equality
Every so often a single event illuminates a much wider question. Promoting the relationship between mothers, their children and their work has been at the centre of much of the good that Labour has done in the ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2010
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A lot to answer for
April 6, 2010
This is an open letter to Michael Collins, Senior Executive Vice President, Bank of N.T. Butterfield
Dear Sir,
I shall unfortunately not be able to attend the AGM of shareholders, however through this letter I should...
DATE: Apr 14, 2010
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WASHINGTON — It was bad enough when Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proclaimed "Confederate History Month" without mentioning slavery, but at least he came to his senses and apologised. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's contention that the whole controver...
DATE: Apr 14, 2010
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Today is Wednesday, April 14, the 104th day of 2010. There are 261 days left in the year.
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In 1775, the first American society for the abolition of slavery was formed in Philadelphia.
In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster's "America...
DATE: Apr 14, 2010
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