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	Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling - Encyclopedia.com
		Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling 1930-2000, prime minister of the Bahamas (1967-92).
		Despite investigations into possible links between Pindling and the drug trade and into bribe-taking allegations during the 1980s, he remained popular for many years.
		Pindling was investigated in the 1980s on accusations he...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pindling.html (0 words)

	LYNDEN PINDLING
		Pindling became premier in 1967 when the islands were still a British colony and led the Bahamas to independence in 1973.
		Pindling was a "man among men, whom the sons and daughters of the Bahamas will never forget", the Rev. Elkin Symonette said at the vigil.
		Pindling was survived by his wife, Lady Marguerite, two sons Obafemi, 40 and Leslie, 39; two daughters Michelle Sands, 38, and Monique Johnson, 34 and five grand-children.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/BIO_LYNDEN_PINDLING_late-formerPrimeMinisterBahamas.htm (672 words)

	Lynden Pindling
		The Right Honourable Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (22 March 1930-26 August 2000) served as the first fl Premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands, 1967-1973 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas, 1973-1992, as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).
		Pindling led the Bahamas to fl majority rule in 1967 and indepedence in 1973.
		Pindling conceded defeat with the words "the people of this great little democracy have spoken in a most dignified and eloquent manner, and 'the voice of the people, is the voice of God'".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/si/Sir_Lynden_Pindling.html (176 words)

	The Progressive Liberal Party - Home of the Bahamas Ruling Party (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pindling received his LLB from King's College, London University in August 1952, was called to the bar of the Middle Temple in February 1953 and returned to Nassau at the end of June, 1953 to be called to the Bahamas Bar.
		Lynden Pindling was chosen as parliamentary leader of the PLP and effectively led the PLP inside and outside the House of Assembly from 1956 until his retirement in 1997.
		Sir Lynden Pindling retired from active politics and leadership of the PLP in July 1997 and was succeeded by Perry G. Christie (now Prime Minister The Honourable Perry G. Christie) in the 1997 PLP Convention.
	www.progressiveliberalparty.com /people_pindling.lasso (697 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Sir Lynden Pindling - Thursday \| August 31, 2000
		THE DEATH of Sir Lynden Pindling this past week has removed from the scene the man who can properly be described as the architect of the modern Bahamas.
		Pindling was hailed as a 'Black Moses', and he himself described the social and economic transformation that he spearheaded in the Bahamas as a 'Quiet Revolution'.
		Pindling led his country to Independence from Britain in 1973 and against all the predictions of the naysayers set his country on a course of prosperity based principally on tourism earnings which continues to the present.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20000831/cleisure/cleisure1.html (358 words)

	Hon. Sir Lynden Pindling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Right Honourable Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (March 22, 1930 - August 19, 2000) served as the first fl Premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands, from 1967-1973 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas, from 1973-1992, as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).
		A lawyer by profession, he held a law degree from the University of London (1952) and later in 1953, he was both a Barrister of the Middle Temple and an attorney of the Bahamas Bar.
		Pindling led the Bahamas to fl majority rule in 1967 and Independence in 1973.
	www.ncsu.edu /stud_orgs/caribbean/Pindling.htm (130 words)

	Bahamas Business Centre
		Pindling and Co. is one of the few marquee law firms in the Bahamas.
		The senior principal in the firm was, until August 2000, Sir Lynden Pindling, who served as his country's first Prime Minister for a quarter of a century.
		The firm of Pindling and Co. is highly respected in the legal community throughout the Caribbean.
	www.bahamasbusinesscentre.com /company-partners-legal.html (182 words)

	Sir Lynden A Thrilling Story - Bahamas Conference
		Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling guided the nation of the Bahamas from 1967 while it was still a colony of Britain towards independence in 1973 and became the first prime minister serving his country for more than 25 years.
		Honorable Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, former prime minister of the Bahamas, and a brother of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
		Sir Lynden was laying is state in the foyer of the House of Parliament until the funeral today.
	www.bahamasconference.org /sir-lynden-a-thrilling-story.htm (0 words)

	History of the Bahamas
		Pindling and many of the members in his government freely chose to use their legitimately acquired power for illegitimate purposes, and within roughly a decade his party was ousted and replaced by the FNM--led by Prime Minister Hubert Ingrahm.
		Under the FNM, the borders of the Bahamas were further opened to foreign industry, talent and dollars--the life blood of the country, without which the Bahamas would soon reach the economic and moral level of its' Caribbean neighbor Haiti.
		Lynden O. Pindling is knighted by her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Bahamas head of state.
	www.thebahamasguide.com /travel/history.htm (1803 words)

	The Government of the Bahamas - PM Keynote at Lynden Pindling Airport
		Bahamians were the beneficiaries of the good Lynden Pindling did for this country, irrespective of whether they were for him or against him.
		The vast majority of the Bahamian people are deeply appreciative of Lynden Pindling as man and statesmen, as patriot and nation-builder, and as National Hero par excellence.
		This was so even in the case of Charles de Gaulle and Ronald Reagan around whose names the clouds of controversy were still swirling and in relation to whom debate was still raging as to the true meaning and worth of their respective legacies.
	www.bahamas.gov.bs /bahamasweb2/home.nsf/a2adf3d1baf5cc6e06256f03005ed59c/e78ce1e6ccf2cc63852571a3006e5c78!OpenDocument (0 words)

	Nassau Bahamas Travel News « Bahamas News
		Vancouver Airport Services, which signed a contract with the former administration to manage Lynden Pindling, has produced a report on the redevelopment plan, which it presented to the Cabinet on Monday.
		All of the terminals at Lynden Pindling International Airport – with the exception of the U.S. departure building – will have to be demolished in order to bring the facility up to 21st century standards, according to a report completed by the new managers of the facility.
		The report states that the demolition of the domestic and other sections is necessary because some parts of their structure are more than 50 years old.
	news.bahamianyellowpages.com /bahamas-news/nassau-bahamas-travel-news (0 words)

	Pindling Family “Humbled” By Airport Name Change
		For the widow of the late former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling, the renaming of Nassau International Airport on Thursday was a humbling experience.
		What is now formally known as the Lynden Pindling International Airport is set to undergo a multimillion-dollar upgrade to become a world-class facility.
		Kerzner International Chairman Sol Kerzner, for instance, has on more than one occasion expressed disappointment that it is taking so long for the government to improve the facility, which he once labeled one of the worse airports in the world.
	www.jonesbahamas.com /?c=45&a=9425 (588 words)

	Sir Lynden Pindling \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		The man responsible for this historic electoral win was Sir Lynden Pindling, leader of the Bahamas for 25 years - both before and after its independence in 1973 - known as "Black Moses", who has died aged 70.
		Almost at once, Pindling insisted on constitutional change: the Assembly was dissolved and an election called in 1968 to ensure a mandate for change, which returned the PLP to power.
		In 1983 - the year he was knighted - Pindling was accused in a US television programme of involvement in drug trafficking and was forced to launch a royal commission to investigate the claims against himself and the PLP.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,359905,00.html (995 words)

	OAS Children's Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir Lynden O. Pindling (1930-2000) was prime minister of the Bahamas (1967-92).
		Pindling is credited in spurring the development of international banking and investment management as a major industry and more importantly for fighting for equal rights for all Bahamians.
		Whatever his errors Sir Lynden O. Pindling can be considered the modern father of the Bahamas.
	www.oas.org /children/heroes/Bahamas/SirLOPindling.html (132 words)

	animals (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pindling and Bandaranaike each led their nation to independence as democracies, while Trudeau quashed the most serious threat to Canada’s unity in the 20th century.
		Pindling presided over the Bahamas during a period when narcotics and offshore banking made corruption a commonplace in Caribbean nations, and he was tainted.
		Pindling was a good enough student to receive a scholarship to London University (quite a coup for a fl colonial subject of the 50s) and became a barrister.
	www.goodbyemag.com /aug00/leaders.html (2253 words)

	Pindling, Lynden (Oscar) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Attracting support from the islands' demographically dominant fl community, the PLP won the 1967 House of Assembly elections, the first to be held on a full adult voting register, and Pindling became the Bahamas' first fl prime minister.
		He led the country to independence, within the British Commonwealth, in 1973 and successfully expanded the tourist industry, but accusations of government corruption grew in the 1980s and the PLP lost power in 1992.
		The PLP had been re-elected in 1972, 1977, 1982 and 1987, but allegations of government complicity in drug trafficking and the receipt of ‘improper’ payments from developers contributed to their defeat in August 1992, with power passing to the Free National Movement (FNM), led by Hubert Ingraham.
	www.curantbun.com /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012466.html (320 words)

	The Nassau Guardian Online Guide
		Upon his return to The Bahamas in May, Sir Lynden announced that there was a 100 percent chance for a full recovery.
		Pastor H. Roach immersed Sir Lynden in a pool of water behind the choir loft.
		Bahaman citizens, laying the foundation for a newly educated and professional class and a newly expanded entrepreneurial class; inclusive of fl citizens; who; for generations had been held at the periphery of full economic participation.
	www.thenassauguardian.com /social_community/289715442909024.php (1044 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - Commonwealth Secretary-General pays tribute to Sir Lynden Pindling
		It was with a deep sense of loss and sadness that I learnt of the death of former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Sir Lynden Pindling.
		Sir Lynden Pindling will be long remembered for his charismatic leadership stemming from the time he helped to found the Progressive Liberal Party leading the Bahamas to independence in 1973.
		The Commonwealth has cause to be grateful for Sir Lynden Pindling's role in the association and he will be remembered for his chairmanship of the Nassau CHOGM in 1985 and, more recently, of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to the May 1998 general elections in Lesotho.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /press/34582/141651/commonwealth_secretary_general_pays_tribute_to_sir.htm (281 words)

	Sir Lyndon Pindling Dies \| News of the Abacos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling passed away on August 25 in Nassau after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer which was first diagnosed in 1996.
		Sir Lynden, Father of The Bahamas, was leader of The Bahamas for many years, first bringing about fl majority rule and later leading The Bahamas into independence.
		Sir Lynden was born in Nassau in 1930 and attended government schools.
	www.go-abacos.com /news/conian/new12-00/lyndon_pindling.html (360 words)

	Macmillan Publishers Caribbean, General Interest - Pindling - The Life and Times of The First Prime Minister of The ...
		In the last year of the twentieth century and of his own life, Prime Minister Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling was unanimously voted "Bahamian Man of the Century".
		Winning six consecutive elections, Pindling and his party were in power for a quarter of a century, a time of huge social and economic as well as political changes.
		Yet throughout his career Lynden Pindling was a deeply controversial figure, as reviled by his political opponents as he was idolized by his supporters.
	www.macmillan-caribbean.com /books/General/pindling.htm (501 words)

	Governor General Arthur D. Hanna naming Lynden Pindling Int'l Airport (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Years ago Lynden Pindling and his brave and patriotic warriors started an unending quest to eliminate ignorance, poverty and suffering from our land and to meet the needs of our people everywhere so that they may go about the world with confidence and in dignity.
		It must, therefore, be for them great pride and nostalgic pleasure that the gateway to the world is named ‘Lynden Pindling International Airport’ as fitting memorial to the man whose solitary figure occupies the very first rank in the assembly of all our national heroes.
		Lynden Pindling was not the ugly creature that may be conjured up in the minds of those who wish him ill; he was The Bahamas’ finest son who gave all his adult life in the service of his country and her people.
	www.bahamasuncensored.com /GG_AirportRenamed.html (848 words)

	Lynden Pindling International Airport at AllExperts
		Lynden Pindling International Airport (formerly known as Nassau International Airport) is the largest airport in The Bahamas, and the largest international gateway into the country.
		The name of the airport was officially changed on July 6, 2006 in honor of The Right Honourable Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (22 March, 1930 - 25 August, 2000), first Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
		Sir Lynden, as he was affectionately called, is hailed as the Father of the Nation, having led The Bahamas to Majority Rule in 1967 as well as Independence from Great Britain in 1973.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/ly/lynden_pindling_international_airport.htm (380 words)

	lynden - Ask.com Web Search
		Lynden Washington's Dutch heritage adds a unique touch to one of the jewels of Western Washington, ideally located between Mt. Baker and Puget Sound.
		Photo Courtesy of the Lynden Tribune Lynden is located in Whatcom County, in the state of Washington.
		Lynden is a town in northwest Washington, approximately 5 miles south of the Canadian border.
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	former bahamian prime minister lynden pindling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		the murder of Bahamas national Joy Cartwright and alleges that Bahamian attorney Obie Pindling, son of former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling (deceased) opened up accounts for the mafia and was a...
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	Bahamas - History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		US officials accused Pindling of allowing the Bahamas to be used as a transfer point for drugs.
		In February 1994, one of the prominent figures from Pindling's time, lawyer Nigel Bowe, was incarcerated in Miami for drug trafficking.
		Pindling denied the charges and sought protection in bank secrecy, which limited the Commission's progress.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/countries/bhs/History.stm (1790 words)

	Offshore Trust Company \| Bahamas - Nevis
		Pindling & Co. is one of the marquee law firms in the Bahamas.
		The current Prime Minister referred to Sir Lynden as the "Moses of the Bahamian People." The other principal is Mr.
		American Barristers, PA, Ltd. is a firm domiciled in the Bahamas, under license from American Barristers, PA. It is located in Nassau, in the same building as Pindling & Co. and was organized to work in conjunction with both the American and Bahamas law firms.
	www.prudentialtrustees.com /our_associates.html (941 words)

	Prime Minister Perry Christie at Lynden Pindling Airport
		And I say that because when the full measure of Lynden Pindling’s life is taken, when all his books are balanced, the verdict of history must surely be that all Bahamians were the beneficiaries of the good Lynden Pindling did for this country, irrespective of whether they were for him or against him.
		And the fact of the matter is that when Lynden Pindling led our country to do the things I have just catalogued, all Bahamians were nourished by the fruits of his great endeavours.
		The vast majority of the Bahamian people are deeply appreciative of Lynden Pindling as man and statesmen, as patriot and nation-builder, and as National Hero par excellence.
	www.bahamasuncensored.com /PM_AirportRenamed.html (1534 words)

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