monopoly -- despite a threat by Cable and Wireless to sue Government over plans to open up international lines to competition. ---- Page 5 NEW ADC TAKES UP THE REINS MIL APP New ADC takes up the reins Capt. William White joined the Bermuda Regiment as a teenager. Now he's the Governor's right-hand man. On December 1 he replaced Capt. Brian Gonsalves as Governor Lord Waddington's aide-de-camp. ---- Page 6 BERMUDA NOW `EMERALD ISLE' BUC Bermuda now `Emerald Isle'? Astwood-Dickinson Company and Colombian Emeralds International have reached an agreement giving the Caribbean-based jeweller 40 percent ownership of the Bermuda business. ---- Business, Page 23 BERMUDA AT THE CROSSROADS BUC CLB Bermuda at the crossroads Bermuda is at a crossroads. Down one avenue lies opportunity; down the other, mediocrity, Chamber of Commerce international companies division chairman Tony Goodfellow said yesterday. ---- Business, Page 23 LEWIN OUT TO RECLAIM RANKING SLG Lewin out to reclaim ranking Paula Lewin's stay at the top of the women's world match race sailing rankings was a shortlived one. But expect the Bermudian skipper and her crew to reclaim the top spot by next week. ---- Sport, Page 35 PEARMAN CUTS CONLEY'S LEAD GLF Pearman cuts Conley's lead Defending champion Tim Conley fired a second successive four-under-par 66 to retain his lead after the second round of the Belmont Invitational yesterday.

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