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Sleeping rough
September 15, 2008
Dear Sir
This is really a letter for Mayor Suthy.
Suthy, my man, we have a new record in, shall we say, the City Sleeping Quarters category. Usually we have a fair representation of our finest vagrants, do-nothings a...
DATE: Sep 16, 2008
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A laska Governor Sarah Palin electrified the Republican National Convention with her acceptance speech two weeks ago.
And why not? The GOP vice presidential candidate is attractive (hold the accusations of sexism, please), articulate, poised, enthusi...
DATE: Sep 16, 2008
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fall of Lehman Brothers raises the risk of a deeper US recession that engulfs a broader swath of the global economy as skittish banks around the world lock their vaults.
Countries that had so far escaped the year-long credi...
DATE: Sep 16, 2008
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Who would have dreamed that a hockey mom could produce such a bounce? I didn't even think the puck was supposed to get off the ice.
But now that so many women have skated over to her side, allow me another metaphor. Sarah Palin is the Zamboni of this...
DATE: Sep 15, 2008
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Apache lighthouse
September 13, 2008
Dear Sir,
I know that St. David's is the Native American capital of Bermuda, but is that any excuse for the Apache finish to the recently repainted lighthouse?
Yours on the warpath,
ANDREW R. DOBLE
Hamilton Parish...
DATE: Sep 15, 2008
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ANALYSIS (Reuters) - Mixed signals from Saudi Arabia have thrown into question whether the top oil exporter will throttle back output as agreed with other OPEC members this week.
Saudi Arabia, the most influential member of OPEC, signed up to a deal ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2008
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With debate continuing over vaccinations and autism, we republish this editorial from The New York Times, which appeared on September 9:
Ten years ago, a clinical research paper triggered widespread and persistent fears that a combined vaccine that p...
DATE: Sep 13, 2008
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Doctors hit out at film
September 11, 2008
Dear Sir
We are writing regarding certain erroneous information being used in association with the Mother Baby International Film festival. The promotion for the documentary film "Vaccine Nation" has come to...
DATE: Sep 13, 2008
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A brave, new Bermuda
September 7, 2008
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This PLP/BIU vote getting scheme to lower the number of hours worked in a week is generating some serious discussion. Some of your letter writers have asked whether overtime pay would just kick in earli...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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September 10, 2008
AN old friend, now deceased, told me that he once met Albert Einstein. It was at a very prestigious event held in New York in the 1930s for top scientists, authors and thinkers from around the world.
My friend was just a bookbinde...
DATE: Sep 12, 2008
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