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Rules are rules
September 12, 2005
Dear Sir,
I am responding to the letter written by Robert Henderson referring to the Airport security guard who refused to allow tourists to snap a photo before getting on their plane. I have a relative who is an Ai...
DATE: Sep 20, 2005
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VISITORS' VIEW
The magic of Bermuda
September 13, 2005
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My husband and I are South Africans and have been coming to Bermuda on vacation for almost 30 years now. Some 18 months ago my husband took seriously ill with Septicaemia on the middle ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2005
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The test for the Independence Commission was always going to be whether it would be able to fairly and fearlessly present both sides of the Independence issue without appearing to be biased one way or the other.
Given the near impossibility of anyone...
DATE: Sep 19, 2005
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A warning about spending
September 1, 2005
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As I look at today?s headlines, ?Driven Out by Wedco? somewhat late in the day, I cannot help but think about Yogi Berra?s famous statement ?deja vu all over again?. I am reminded of two things. Th...
DATE: Sep 19, 2005
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Historical clarifications
September 15, 2005
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I write to comment on a letter to the editor written by J. Starling as he responded to someone else?s letter (a Mr. Stewart ). As he put it , Mr. Starling was interested in critiquing a ?neo-libe...
DATE: Sep 17, 2005
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Halt the ?foreign? gardens
September 14, 2005
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Two years after Hurricane Fabian, I congratulate the Management and Staff of the Botanical Gardens in Paget for the way in which they have turned the devastation of the hurricane into an opportu...
DATE: Sep 16, 2005
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When Hurricane Nate swept past Bermuda last week, bringing only a little rain and a bit of wind, I have to admit I was disappointed.
I'd been egging it on since it was a mere tropical storm swirling to our south. Dissatisfied by the prediction that i...
DATE: Sep 15, 2005
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September 12, 2005
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Minister for Youth and Sport Dale Butler has gone to Brunei on official business, according to a newscast today. Is this trip a benefit to Bermuda? Who is paying for it?
Brunei is a small oil-rich Sultanate of approximate...
DATE: Sep 15, 2005
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Sen. E.T. (Bob) Richards' column in yesterday's warns that Bermuda's black middle class is shrinking and he says the facts confirm there is a growing gap between rich and poor.
Sen. Richards draws his conclusions from last year's CURE report, which s...
DATE: Sep 15, 2005
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The hallmark of every first world, or developed country, the golden thread that runs through all of them, is a large and thriving middle class. In Bermuda one of the ways we are going to grow this economic pie of ours and expand the middle class is t...
DATE: Sep 14, 2005
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