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Stop the ferry music
July 21, 2005
Dear Sir,
I would go further than your recent correspondent about music on the ferries. Why is any music necessary? We don't ( fortunately) have it on buses. I heard none on a recent Amtrak journey. It is optional o...
DATE: Jul 30, 2005
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July 24, 2005
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Arriving on the I had the pleasure to visit Bermuda on July 12 and July 13. My teenage son and I rented pedal bikes and were able to see much of your beautiful country from the Royal Naval Dockyard to St. George?s.
On our seco...
DATE: Jul 28, 2005
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Tourism Minister Ewart Brown was this week celebrating improvements in tourism after reporting a 5.5 percent increase in the second quarter over the same period last year.
After years of watching tourism arrivals decline, any improvement is welcome. ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2005
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This is the full text of the televised message to the country delivered by Premier Alex Scott on July 22
Fellow Bermudians and friends of Bermuda,
Good Evening,
It has been almost three months since my last address to the country.
Tonight I would lik...
DATE: Jul 27, 2005
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When Premier Alex Scott last gave a speech to the Country three months ago, he was criticised in this column and elsewhere, for its "curiously muted" tone.
It lacked a message of hope and optimism that the public needs to hear from its leaders. To be...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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The smoke over Serpentine Road had barely cleared before the politicians began circling, the letters to the Editor flowed in and the talk show phones began ringing. Everyone, it seemed, was uncharacteristically singing from the same hymn sheet callin...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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Opposed to pay-per-view
July 25, 2005
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It was with great sadness that I read that there will be a charge for viewers to watch Cup Match on TV this year.
We watch the Olympic Games for weeks on end without charge; we watch the World Cup and t...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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is Tuesday, July 26, the 207th day of 2005. There are 158 days left in the year.
In 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party. (Clement Attlee became the new prime m...
DATE: Jul 26, 2005
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For as long as I can remember, the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party has declared its interest in a Bermuda without colonial Governmental attachment and have on numerous, historically marked occasions, since 1963, informed the electorate of their qual...
DATE: Jul 25, 2005
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Westgate hotel?
July 19, 2005
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I saw part of the news tonight and couldn?t believe,that the woman being interviewed, didn?t say Westgate was going to stop treating hardcore criminals like they were hotel guests and, start treating them like ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2005
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