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Premier John Swan fulfilled his pledge to step down as leader of his party after Bermuda voted down a referendum calling for independence from Britain by a margin of three-to-one.TIME's Cathy Boothreports: "There is a growing sense in Bermuda that its problems -- drugs, in particular -- are beyond its control without Britain." Bermudans were also likely concerned that independence might weaken the country economically. The World Bank consistently ranks Bermuda one of the five richest countries in the world. "The voters probably felt that if it isn't broke, so to speak, why fix it?" said Booth...
Underwater vehicles date back at least to 1620. But it wasn't until Barton's bathysphere came along that scientists could descend to any respectable depth. The Bathysphere eventually took Barton and zoologist William Beebe to a record 3,028 ft., off Bermuda. But it wasn't at all maneuverable: it could only go straight down and straight back up again. Swiss engineer Auguste Piccard solved the mobility problem with the first true submersible, a dirigible-like vessel called a bathyscaphe, which consisted of a spherical watertight cabin suspended below a buoyant gasoline-filled pontoon. (A submersible is simply...
According to Ashkenazy, the Bermuda spring break had its start as a Harvard performing arts institution with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Kroks followed suit some 25 years ago, followed in turn by the Pitches and finally the Dins, who only recently began to make the trip south...
...four Harvard groups on Bermuda do, from time to time, get together. One tradition that has persisted is the annual Hasty Pudding-Krokodiloes volleyball match, when members of the two groups gather for an afternoon of good-spirited, non-musical rivalry...
...will welcome as many of you as possible," says a spokesperson for the Bermuda Department of tourism. "Bring your whole school...