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Drawing conclusions
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Many I once again respectfully point out to your readers that I do NOT write letters to the Editor (except this one). The others are written by Mr. Peter J. Willcocks. The names are not dissimilar, but still sufficiently...
DATE: Oct 27, 2003
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Pull up your socks
October 22, 2003
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My wife and I have recently completed a one-week holiday in Bermuda. I have been visiting frequently since 1967 and my wife was born and raised in Bermuda. We both noted a kind of malaise in Bermuda, much...
DATE: Oct 27, 2003
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There were probably a few people who questioned how much value the visit of the Earl of Wessex could bring to the Island.
The answer, now that the visit is over, is plenty.
To be sure, there is little that Prince Edward can do in practical terms, eit...
DATE: Oct 27, 2003
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There was a great fuss last week about comments made by two men, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and US Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin.
The Prime Minister, in the course of an otherwise surprisingly sensible speech to an Islamic conference, s...
DATE: Oct 27, 2003
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Senator was mistaken
October 14, 2003
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I have been waiting for someone to correct Senator Walter Roban that joining Caricom had nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with linesmen coming here from the Caribbean to assist Belco with repairs afte...
DATE: Oct 25, 2003
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Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes talks in today's newspaper about the success New York City has had in cutting crime.
He attributes that success to the introduction of sentencing rules that require people with drugs convictions to undergo lon...
DATE: Oct 23, 2003
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October 21, 2003
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I have a theory about what CableVision is really up to. Where I live in Smith's Parish it has been 46 days since the cable TV service provided by Bermuda CableVision was knocked out.
Although we suffered around here like ev...
DATE: Oct 23, 2003
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How much diversity is enough?
That's the question United Bermuda Party officials must be asking themselves after coming under attack last week for not having enough representatives of Portuguese descent.
After all, the UBP's record on diversity is mu...
DATE: Oct 22, 2003
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Lawyer responds to story
October 21, 2003
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It is my view that the report of the proceedings in the Supreme Court that appeared in The Royal Gazette on October 14 were extremely unfair. The comments made concerning myself were inaccurate, and...
DATE: Oct 22, 2003
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The wrong message
October 11, 2003
Dear Sir,
Allow me get this straight.
One of our judges lets off a convicted knife attacker because one year (sort of) in jail is considered adequate punishment. In other news, it was deemed necessary that undercove...
DATE: Oct 21, 2003
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