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	Bermuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bermuda was discovered by the early 1500s, probably in 1505, although the evidence for the exact year, and the identity of the discoverer, is sketchy.
		Executive authority in Bermuda is invested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor.
		Bermuda is one of the three vertices bordering the Bermuda Triangle, an allegedly paranormal region of the Atlantic Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bermuda (1383 words)

	Politics of Bermuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Bermuda takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		A third party, the Bermuda Democratic Party (BDP), was formed in the summer of 1967 with a splinter group from the PLP as a nucleus; it disbanded in 1970.
		Bermuda is divided in 9 parishes and 2 municipalities; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George*, Saint Georges, Sandys, Smiths, Southampton, Warwick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Bermuda (1643 words)

	Bermuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bermuda is a self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
		In addition, the tariff enacted by the United States against its trading partners in 1930 cut off Bermuda's once-thriving agricultural export trade--primarily fresh vegetables to the US--spurring the overseas territory to develop its tourist industry, which is second behind international business in terms of economic importance to the island.
		There are two incorporated municipalities in Bermuda; the City of Hamilton, and the Town of St George.
	www.aaaah.org /wiki/en/be/Bermuda.htm (313 words)

	Bermuda - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		See Bermuda sloop and Bermuda rig for the associated sailing terms.
		Bermuda is often referred to as a tax haven or corporate haven
		Led by Premier Alex Scott, some Bermudians are clamoring for independence from Britain, although as of 2005 it was unclear whether a majority of the populace was convinced of its necessity.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bermuda.htm (582 words)

	Bermuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bermuda is an internally self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
		Bermuda was discovered by the early 1500s, probably in 1503, although the evidence for the exact year, and the identity of the discoverer, is sketchy.
		Bermuda has “nothing to be ashamed of” in the operations of a sham company used by the Republic of Congo to dupe creditors and would the Island will “plug the holes” in our laws to prevent a similar situation developing again, Finance Minister Paula Cox declared yesterday.
	www.infoslurp.com /information/Bermuda (1149 words)

	Bermuda
		Bermuda is an island colony of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
		During World War II, Bermuda became important as a military base because of its location in the Atlantic Ocean.
		The dejection, which is the opposite false opinion, whereby a man may think himself inferior to his.
	www.freearchive.info /be/bermuda.html (591 words)

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		Bermuda was a society in which the gulf between the whites and fls, the "haves" and "have-nots," was widening.
		Politics is one of the few places in the Western world where a person has to go out in the middle of the arena and literally put it on the line, explained Garth.
		Politically, the Progressive Labour Party was clearly socialist, a working-class party with elements that were sympathetic to Cuba; the United Bermuda Party was fractionalised and divided.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=555 (16357 words)

	US Department Of State Post Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Promising "a new Bermuda," the PLP rose to victory on the public perception that the party valued ordinary men and women, and was committed to improving their quality of life.
		Bermuda's small size dictates that almost everything be imported, and the value of imports continues to rise, hitting an estimated $745.5 million in 2002.
		Bermuda government inspectors visit all homes on the island during the summer months, and residents are notified of actions needing to be taken to reduce mosquito-breeding areas.
	foia.state.gov /mms/postrpt/pr_view_all.asp?CntryID=17 (11795 words)

	Bermuda Yellow Pages On-Line - Economic Overview
		According to the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), these two sectors represent an estimated 77.5% of the total balance of payments current account receipts of foreign exchange in the first three quarters of 2002 (source: U.S. Department of State website).
		Bermuda’s currency is the Bermuda dollar which is on par with the U.S. dollar.
		The Euro is not accepted in Bermuda and travellers with Euros will need to visit a local bank to make an exchange at the rate of the day.
	www.bermudayp.com /islp-economicoverview.html (663 words)

	Bermuda Travel & Tourism Guide
		Bermuda (Somer's Isles) has 6 main islands and 120 others in under 21 square miles (33 square kilometers).
		In Bermuda, the maximum length of stay is a mere three weeks, compared to up to six months in most other tourist destination countries.
		In the UK, Hills Balfour is the Bermuda Government's Department of Tourism representative in London.
	bermuda-online.org /tourism.htm (252 words)

	UNCLE.com, in Hamilton, Bermuda
		Bermuda is a group of semitropical islands arranged in the shape of a fishhook in the mid Atlantic Ocean.
		Bermuda's history, politics, and culture, as well as its lush subtropical landscape, have made it a location of choice for Insurance and Finance, supported by a large pool of professional and technical expertise and talent.
		Bermuda's strength as a tourist destination, combined with substantial infrastructure and professional support, has also made it a choice destination for conventions, meetings and conferences.
	www.uncle.com /Bermuda.html (581 words)

	Elderhostel Bermuda Course Descriptions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The oldest of the British colonies, care is taken to view Bermuda not through the eyes of tourist brochures but its local people, an African majority, a Portuguese migration and the shrinking power of the European.
		Bermuda's unique architecture, its creative exploitation of location and its influence during every war across the Atlantic will be pursued.
		Bermuda's strong and surprising ties to American History and its social history, including a history of civil rights unique to the world, will be explored.
	www.bbsr.edu /Education/elderhostel/EHcoursedesc/ehcoursedesc.html (943 words)

	Risk & Insurance: Bermuda outlook: though a good place to do business, insurers and reinsurers will not hesitate to ...
		They try to do that delicate balance of trying to manage the politics of Bermuda and the population's desires along with the obviously very real benefits of having international business.
		You can't politically force the students of today and tell them that "you will all be going into insurance and reinsurance." There is no town in the United States that has the leaders of $20 billion of capital of companies all just packed into the same town....
		Evans: To me, it seems like the way of operating in Bermuda is that companies are formed they are centralized in their structure and they staff up in the short tern.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_13_14/ai_109082261 (1554 words)

	Bermuda : Geography, People, Politics, Government, Economy, transport
		Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia.
		Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, equal to that of the US.
		Bermuda's industrial sector is small, although construction continues to be important; the average cost of a house in June 2003 had risen to $976,000.
	www.studentsoftheworld.info /infopays/wfb.php3?CODEPAYS=BER (880 words)

	A Limey In Bermuda: Politics Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But Friday's political grandstanding on the new seatbelt law was pretty pathetic.
		As Transport Minister Ewart Brown pointed out "everyone in Bermuda knew that January 1 was the beginning of the penalty phase of the legislation".
		Since in Bermuda there is a strong correlation between social class and race (the working classes being largely fl, the upper classes largely white), could the voting scheme not therefore be considered biased towards whites?
	www.phillipwells.com /latest_news/politics (930 words)

	Politics.bm
		It seems to be all the rage lately to take the position that there are no significant differences between Bermuda's two political parties, and that the voters aren't really given any choice at the polls.
		While it may be true that there are less philosophical differences between the UBP and PLP of today, as both have moved to the political centre, difference do exist.
		Bermuda's strong financial position is entirely, entirely, a product of the United Bermuda Party and remains the key ideological differentiator between the parties.
	www.politics.bm (941 words)

	A Limey In Bermuda: Schoolyard Politics
		Sort of a "politics is a bitch" kind of statement.
		I don't speak a lick of Latin, but in plain english it appears to me that the only way that one could arrive at your conclusion is if one was to shift and lock a message into one's own preconceived idea/agenda.
		Political and social apathy is something that most of us Bermudians are guilty of, but you just seem to sit back and accept it and berate those who feel that maybe things can be changed.
	www.limeyinbermuda.com /latest_news/2004/10/schoolyard_poli.html (3325 words)

	The contemporary political history of Bermuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
		Bermuda may have been named for one of the three kings of the Galicia and Leon regions of Northern Iberia.
		Bermuda's ruling Progressive Labor Party (PLP), which favors independence from Britain, and which is supported predominantly by the island's majority Black population and won power for the first time in 1998 after 30 years in opposition, said the ban on members' accepting royal honors should be lifted now that has become the ruling party.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/43/index-fb.html (242 words)

	Bermuda.com Newsletter: What Bermuda.com readers are saying about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We are so mired in politics that it could be the death of us if we do not get smart and move URGENTLY to PRIVATISE the Tourism/Marketing of Bermuda.
		To no surprise Bermuda was not mentioned; even though I think we have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world with our rare Pink sand and the clear turquoise water.
		Operating a business with a Political agenda as we have witnessed and experienced, is a made disaster The new individual should have a proven track record as a CEO or Marketing Executive, to sell Bermuda like you would sell any product on Madison Avenue or Marketing centre in the world.
	www.imakenews.com /bermudacom/e_article000097757.cfm (1769 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: North America: Bermuda: Society and Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Association of Canadians In Bermuda - Association of Canadians resident in or having ties to Bermuda.
		Bermuda Police - Created by a former constable detective and offers information and news about the crime scene on the island.
		Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda - Catholic diocese for all of Bermuda.
	dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Bermuda/Society_and_Culture (298 words)

	Royal Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Women are "grossly under-represented" in politics in Bermuda, Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield was due to tell parliamentarians at a conference in Grenada today.
		But that did not mean women in Bermuda had equal representation in politics, she said.
		This must be one of the highest participation rates in the world with 51 percent of Bermuda's workforce made up of women, she said.
	www.theroyalgazette.com /apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?SearchID=73179085753843&Avis=RG&Dato=20040727&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=107270069&Ref=AR (811 words)

	American Politics Journal -- Bermuda Shorts as Stanley Chisels
		Bermuda, which is inconvenienced to the amount of space needed to put a mail box, gets some income, while America, which has to deal with the emissions and pollutants, the demands for a docile labor force and security to keep them that way, gets shafted.
		It's not enough that these cheap, greedy bastards get a far more profitable ride then they would get if they moved their factory anywhere else; they've decided that they are going to stiff America for the relative pittance expected from them.
		Bermuda isn't alone in this racket, and companies have been doing this since the Reagan era.
	www.americanpolitics.com /20020225Zepp.html (1317 words)

	Knowles Family in the Carribean
		Bermuda was settled by the English in 1612.
		Like the thirteen colonies on the mainland, Bermuda served as a refuge for dissenters, seeking an escape from religious persecution in England during the seventeenth century.
		In 1670, the Bahamas were granted to six Lord Proprietors of the Carolinas, being removed from Bermuda’s jurisdiction.
	www.knowlesclan.org /carrib.htm (676 words)

	Singleton ’98 earns Rhodes Scholarship, third for University
		hips may have been lost in the fog of the Bermuda Triangle, but this Bermudian was not lost in his quest for a Rhodes Scholarship.
		“A lot of (the reason I was chosen) is the work that I’ve done with Bermuda, with the politics of Bermuda, with the government,” he said.
		Even as he prepares for the trip to Oxford, Singleton’s senior thesis and summer employment have already brought him to the corners of the globe.
	www.dailyprincetonian.com /Content/1998/01/07/News/news2.html (495 words)

	Howard University Libraries - The Caribbean
		Georgetown University / OAS Political Database of the Americas - Antigua and Barbuda
		Georgetown/OAS Political Database of the Americas - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
		Georgetown/OAS Political Database of the Americas - Trinidad and Tobago
	www.founders.howard.edu /caribbean.htm (683 words)

	Bermuda300.com - Technology, Politics & People in Bermuda.
		Bermuda300.com - Technology, Politics & People in Bermuda.
		I am also concerned for the safety of dolphins if they were to be kept on the south shore.
		Exposes ongoing war between fls and whites in Bermuda.
	www.geocities.com /caymanrock/new.html (215 words)

	Gazette \| Gazetteer: News & Sports (Mar \| Apr 04)
		Ferreira, a political science, philosophy, and economics major, underwent a rigorous application process that started in September and culminated in an intense seven-person panel interview on December 17.
		His interview covered an exhaustive range of topics, from the basic “a little about you” to his cricketing experiences, human-rights issues, the separation of church and state in France, the state of the European Union, and his conception of the similarities between America’s Revolutionary War, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution.
		He has also been involved in politics in Bermuda, which he feels gave him an edge in the candidate pool.
	www.upenn.edu /gazette/0304/0304gaz06.html (706 words)

	Bermuda Health News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		he was chief financial officer for the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, a nonprofit institution...
		ADT home alarm systems, is based in Bermuda but has its operational offices in West...
		Bermuda is gearing up to respond to a...
	www.einnews.com /bermuda/newsfeed-BermudaHealth (990 words)

	ipedia.com: Politics of Bermuda Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In fact, Premier Jennifer Smith stated that she would not pursue independence during her first term.
		Political parties and leaders: National Liberal Party or NLP Charles Jeffers; Progressive Labor Party or PLP Alex Scott; United Bermuda Party or UBP Grant Gibbons
		Flag description: red, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (white and blue shield with a red lion holding a scrolled shield showing the sinking of the ship Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centered on the outer half of the flag
	www.ipedia.com /politics_of_bermuda.html (1511 words)

	United Bermuda Party Online - The Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		We reminded the Commission that there is ample evidence in countries to the south of us that the smaller legislative bodies are, the more awkward it is to conduct the business of Government, sometimes to the point of creating serious conflicts of interest in order to get the job done.
		Reducing the size of Bermuda’s Cabinet means that responsibilities must be spread as thick as peanut butter on a few people, some of whom are struggling now to keep up with the demands of their jobs.
		Those in the UBP who were involved with the pullout of the American forces from their bases in Bermuda, and who were the architects of the very successful takeover by the Bermuda Government of US responsibilities here, are deeply disappointed by the deal the PLP Government reached with the US and the UK recently.
	www.ubp.bm /news/straighttalk/issue2.asp (1679 words)

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