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Today in HistoryToday is Friday, August 11, the 223rd day of 2006. There are 142 days left in the year.
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In 1909, the SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
In 1942, during the Second...
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Politicians are funny creatures. The majority crave nothing more than the oxygen of publicity, particularly when in opposition and hoping to win the hearts and minds of the electorate in the not too distant future.
Hector finds most are happy to dish...
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The foiling by British security services yesterday of a plot to blow up planes crossing the Atlantic, reportedly within a matter of days, is a timely reminder that the terrorism threat is as real today as it was on September 11, 2001.
And it should a...
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The Progressive Labour Party is rightly marking the tenth anniversary of its late leader Frederick Wade this week, but it is unlikely that the question of what might have been had he not fallen ill in 1996 will be answered.
Like the late British Labo...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat came at the hands of Democratic voters angry over the war in Iraq and demanding that lawmakers stand up to President George W. Bush rather than stand with him.It was not a polite message they sent...
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Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, August 10, the 222nd day of 2006. There are 143 days left in the year.
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IIn 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after act...
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Same time, next year
August 1, 2006
Dear Sir,
My cousin and I recently had the pleasure of a first time visit to your most spectacular island July 16 to July 20. I have a solo law practice in Easton Maryland and also work on the weekends at the Eastp...
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Saving ourselvesJuly 14, 2006
Dear Sir,To the leaders of the PLP and, most important of all — To the good people of Bermuda: This is no more your Island than the rest of us Bermudians. End of story! Before you, the present PLP leaders continue on mak...
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Saving ourselves
July 14, 2006
Dear Sir,
To the leaders of the PLP and, most important of all ? To the good people of Bermuda: This is no more your Island than the rest of us Bermudians. End of story! Before you, the present PLP leaders continue on m...
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We’ll have to build upJuly 26, 2006
Dear Sir,These are my thoughts on a couple of topical issues presently dominating discussions in Bermuda. I am an expatriate worker who has been in Bermuda since 2000. My impression so far is that the average Bermu...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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