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Raymond McCord is, in local parlance, a ?hard man? - one of the tough guys that seem to grow out of the cracks in the sidewalk in the little working-class streets between Belfast's docks and its hills scarred by heavy industry; men who could take a punch, and then another, and keep on throwing. Generations of conflict between Protestants and Catholics only hardened the alloy. But McCord, 53, a powerfully built welder from a Protestant family, always showed his mettle in standing up to the sectarian men of violence. Having grown up in North Belfast, the crowded, often...
...McCord spent years furrowing through Belfast's paramilitary underworld. "When I think of the people I met, some of the dodgy areas I went into, some of the clubs I went into?" he says. "But it's been worthwhile...
...thought you were a narcissist. From now through Nov. 22, catch actor Marty Maguire in “A Night in November,” a show in which he plays all 26 roles. According to the play venue’s Web site, the show centers on a Belfast Protestant—and 25 other people, including myriad soccer fans, pub crawlers, fathers-in-law, and jetsetters...
...family members, but alas such benevolence is rare these days. Indians can only dream of a leader like King Bhumibol who could steer the ship of state to a safe harbor rather than sailing into storms of selfish politicians and running aground on the rocky shore. Arvind A. Choudhari Belfast...
...their family members, but alas such benevolence is rare these days. Indians can only dream of a leader like Bhumibol who could steer the ship of state to a safe harbor rather than sailing into storms of selfish politicians and running aground on the rocky shore. Arvind A. Choudhari Belfast A City on the Seas Your article about Royal Caribbean's new cruise ship [June 19] painted a subtly negative picture of cruising, which is not warranted. I recently cruised on a sister ship that carries nearly as many passengers, and I was amazed at how well the crew handled...