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You see it in the faces of too many young Bermudians. Or, more precisely, you don’t.
The look of hope — of buoyant expectancy — which should be lighting their eyes is too often missing.
They should be embarking on young adulthood with a sense of wo...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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There are five stages for grieving the death of a loved one according to a well-defined and widely accepted formula: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance.
When it comes to the emotional impact of job losses and other life-u...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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According to Bermuda folklore (at least as reported by travel writers whose pens flow with purple ink) when the setting sun paints the western horizon gold, the vivid colours are reflections of the fortune in 17th century treasure lost on our reefs.
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DATE: May 06, 2014
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In reading an article on education by New York Times writer Adam Grant of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, I felt a need to take some of that material and relate it to what seems to be part of our proverbial problem.
With the con...
DATE: May 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sir John Swan
The three of them were Bermudians by adoption, not by birth.
But nevertheless they were “real” Bermudians in the most genuinely meaningful sense: they were second to none in their love of country and fellow countrymen.
Their personal examples served...
DATE: May 03, 2014
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Any number of destinations have become synonymous with the internationally renowned cultural events they hold — New Orleans has its genuinely iconic Mardi Gras, Cannes its glittering film festival, Venice the 120-year-old Biennale celebrating (and se...
DATE: May 01, 2014
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It’s axiomatic that in order to grow Bermuda’s stunted economy we will have to grow the population.
It’s also axiomatic that any repetition of the unconstrained growth Bermuda experienced during the first decade of the 21st century will lead to an im...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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A speech by the head of the Women’s Resource Centre turning the spotlight on the often hidden crimes of sexual abuse, harassment and misconduct is a timely intervention in the wake of controversy over a proposed documentary on the brutal rape and mur...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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William Howard Taft, the only man ever to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the United States, once said of Bermuda that never before in history had such a small location played such a disproportionately large role on the world stage.
He m...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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The university town of Oxford has long been known as England’s City of Dreaming Spires. Bermuda’s Hamilton, by way of comparison, might once have merited the designation “City of Scheming Squires”. Throughout its almost 200 year history Hamilton’s La...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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