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Don?t prescribe grammar
August 6, 2004
Dear Sir,
Re: Today?s editorial entitled ?Offensive words?.
I would like to express my support of Mr. King?s decision, and to the comments that were attributed to him by .
Modern linguists today favour describin...
DATE: Aug 09, 2004
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I read rather a disquieting story this week about an elderly woman whose strong feelings of regret for having gone out to work while her daughters were growing up had caused in her a kind of mental seizure.
Despite her daughters' assurances that the ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2004
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August 4, 2004
Dear Sir,
This is f***ing great, this is. Now a Magistrate says it is perfectly fine to use this swearword in public ? and why? ? because Police use it, Magistrates use it, friends use it!
For crying out loud, what kind of reasoning is...
DATE: Aug 09, 2004
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July 26, 2004
Dear Sir,
The image of an old Marlin withering away at the bottom of the ocean versus an allegedly honourable death at the end of a fishing line has a few flaws:
Marlins of over 700-800 pounds are often females at the peak of their prod...
DATE: Aug 07, 2004
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July 14, 2004
Dear Sir,
I am Canadian and have been a repeat visitor to Bermuda for many years. I have been following the taxi dispute and feel compelled to have my say after reading Charles Richardson's letter. I guess you know where I am going with...
DATE: Aug 07, 2004
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July 19, 2004
Dear Sir,
As the first anniversary of my daughter's death fast approaches, please afford me the opportunity to express to your readers the depth of pain and anguish that I have suffered as a result of her premature passing.
On the morni...
DATE: Aug 06, 2004
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If nothing else, Magistrate Edward King's decision this week to acquit a man accused of using offensive words has livened up what the news media thinks of as the silly season.
That's the period just after Cup Match when Parliament ends its session an...
DATE: Aug 06, 2004
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Housing Minister Ashfield DeVent is putting the cart before the horse when he says the key to solving the housing crisis is home ownership.
Increasing home ownership should be Government's long term goal, and it is correct that building new owner-occ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2004
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A special place
July 18, 2004
Dear Sir,
As a United States Air Force couple, we had the good fortune to be assigned to Kindley Air Force Base in 1954. We arrived on the Queen of Bermuda and departed three years later on the Ocean Monarch. My luck con...
DATE: Aug 04, 2004
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It has been little over a year since the PLP won its second term of government. During that time the party has been bombarded with complaints, some of which have the potential of being very serious but most of which have been rather frivolous. This i...
DATE: Aug 04, 2004
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