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1. lifestyle | 20 May 2013
Red tape
BOOK REVIEWS
By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Few people who have pulled up stakes in Country A and put them down in Country B know what they have let themselves in for. They may expect different customs, mores, traditions and have a basic knowledge of the language....
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2. lifestyle | 13 May 2013
Crime in the city
BOOK REVIEW
By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Born in the Big Apple during the Great Depression, I learned a lesson I never forgot: Have nothing to do with the stock market. (My father bought war bonds in WWII). The US _ the world _ economy tanked in 1929 for a doz...
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3. lifestyle | 06 May 2013
An expat's views
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» I don't know if it's true about other countries, but people who have been to Thailand for any length of time between two weeks and 20 years feel impelled to write a book about it. From what they have seen, heard ...
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4. lifestyle | 29 Apr 2013
Stalking the stalker
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Everybody has a not-so-secret desire to be a celebrity, but few realise that it's not all wine and roses. It is hard work getting to the top and even harder staying there. The money is good, with lots of people wanti...
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5. lifestyle | 15 Apr 2013
Was it necessary?
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Films about Prisoner of War camps, usually with the note that they are based on true stories, are invariably filled with dramatic licence to spice them up. It is the dramatic licence audiences most remember. Steve McQuee...
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6. lifestyle | 08 Apr 2013
For Dog Lovers
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Dogs were domesticated in ancient times, archaeologists, historians and cave drawings agree. They were bred for different purposes, not least racing, and also for protection, to round up livestock, hunt foxes, pull sleig...
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7. lifestyle | 01 Apr 2013
Until death, anyway
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Glancing at the title Friends Forever by Yank author Danielle Steel, who has been penning romantic fiction like forever, this reviewer realised that I wouldn't be able to identify with the story, the characters or th...
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8. lifestyle | 25 Mar 2013
Dirty politics abound
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By Bernard Trink, Newspaper section: Life
» Every two, four, six years, posters fill the streets of men or women with the same message: "Vote for me for a better government." They also appear on TV saying the same thing, with the additional assertion that the othe...
