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Glenn Fubler looks at the life of Nelson Mandela, who celebrates his 90th birthday on July 18 by way of background for Imagine Bermuda's essay competition, "Reflecting on Mandela's Example". The winning essay and a number of others will be published ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Friday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2008. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer begins today.
Thought for Today
"Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith." — Franz Kafka, Austrian author and p...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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Few would dispute the importance of maintaining good relations between Bermuda and the United States.
The US is the Island's largest trading partner, a major market for the Island's financial services industry and the major source of the Island's vis...
DATE: Jun 20, 2008
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Throughout Bermuda, concern is mounting to a point where many people who would otherwise keep their political allegiances to themselves are openly expressing outrage and disappointment over the current Government, and its manner of steamrolling over ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2008
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A simple shift in perspective
June 17, 2008
Dear Sir,
An ancient Chinese sage once said: "Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many." I believe it is exactly such a broader view, a greater perspective, that is needed ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2008
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BOSTON — So is the glass half full or half empty? Or to pick a better metaphor, is the "highest, hardest" glass ceiling now half shattered by the 18 million cracks or does it look as impermeable as ever after this unsuccessful battering?
It has not b...
DATE: Jun 18, 2008
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My experience
June 12, 2008
Dear Sir,
I was appalled to read Ms Master's 'Truck Horror' letter, as it was extremely reminiscent of an experience I have had myself, in June, 2005 on the stretch of Middle Road right beside the Paget Ice Queen. Having m...
DATE: Jun 18, 2008
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One life at a time
Last Friday, this newspaper ran a story about how 18-year-old Wendelle Lightbourne is turning his life around with the help of the Mirrors programme and his mentor, Lorna McGowan.
If you missed the story, then you can look it up on...
DATE: Jun 18, 2008
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Bermuda's stunning upset of regional football powerhouse Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday demonstrates again that with hard work and desire, anything can happen on a given day in sport.
No one should forget that there is a second leg of this World Cup q...
DATE: Jun 18, 2008
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WASHINGTON — Tim Russert knew he was a big deal — he had a healthy ego and an accurate sense of his accomplishments. But I'm confident that he would be stunned at the magnitude of the reaction to his death, especially among people who never met him. ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2008
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