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Trimble blamed the onset of violence in Northern Ireland on the failure of Ulster Unionist leadership to unify the country in the 1960s...
...With a little bit more vigor...we could have completely avoided the troubles of the late 1960s onwards," he said...
...researchers from around the world gathered for the American Stroke Association's 25th International Stroke Conference in New Orleans to discuss better ways of dealing with strokes. The news out of the meeting was not good. According to a new study, the number of strokes--having declined in the 1960s and '70s--is unexpectedly rising again. In 1999 alone there were 750,000 full-fledged strokes in the U.S. and half a million transient ischemic attacks (TIAS), or ministrokes. Although both numbers have doctors worried, the conference paid particular attention to the ministrokes because of both the stealth of their...
...fabulous virtuoso, Lewenthal (who died in 1988) had a boldness, imagination and rich, multihued sound that were perfect for the 19th century composer-pianists whose work he resurrected in the 1960s. His trailblazing recordings of music by Charles-Valentin Alkan, called "the Berlioz of the piano," are electrifying. Alkan's ferociously difficult, densely textured music has been taken up by other pianists, but Lewenthal--especially in this vibrant remastering--remains his most thrilling advocate...
...long run, however, online voting might make little difference. Since the 1960s, the government has made numerous attempts to energize nonvoters by making it easier for them to get to the polls, extending voting hours, lowering the voting age and introducing absentee balloting and "motor voter" statutes that automatically register people when they get a driver's license. Still, voter turnout has declined steadily. Political scientists believe the underlying cause is apathy and disgust with politics, not the inconvenience of voting. Putting a ballot on the Internet might even further depress turnout by cheapening one of the hallowed rituals...