Word: dubliner
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...former engineer who has taught at Al-Hikma University in Baghdad. Griffin collects Celtic-language books and books on the Irish in America. Two years ago he donated 3,800 volumes on the Irish in America to the National Library in Ireland and was honored at a ceremony in Dublin...
...fears, however, were overblown. For the most part, Europeans greeted the launch with good humor and even civic-mindedness. The debut of more than 10 billion new bank notes, legal tender from Lisbon to Helsinki and from Dublin to Athens, has given 300 million Europeans their first true experience of union. (Britain, the most significant holdout, is keeping the pound for now.) An Austrian who stood in a long bank queue to get her first walletful of euros could go home and see Spaniards doing the same thing on TV. The much photographed lines outside some banks were strictly voluntary...
...long run, the greater transparency of euro pricing should also work to the advantage of consumers. "I'll tell you what will make me feel more European," says a security guard watching at Dublin's General Post Office, where child benefits are being handed out in stacks of ?5 notes. "When we start paying the same as people on the Continent." Well-traveled Europeans instinctively know that prices are cheaper in some countries than in others, and now it will be that much more obvious. "Manufacturers and multinational corporations will have to explain the difference," says Carmel Foley, Ireland...
Also making an appearance on Saturday was Laela Sturdy ’00, Harvard’s leading scorer during the first two post-Feaster years. After graduation, Sturdy—a Mitchell Scholar—attended Trinity College in Dublin where she earned a masters in multimedia systems, before working as a consultant for the World Bank in Kenya in recent months. Sturdy said that throughout the game, she had to fight the urge to throw on a jersey, jump on the court and get in the game...
...year. But not all European carriers are struggling. Ryanair, easyJet, Buzz and Go--inspired by U.S. discounting pioneer Southwest Air--concentrate on short-haul routes, and have been almost impervious to the downturn in transatlantic traffic. Sure, there are fewer American tourists booking weekend excursions from London to Dublin, but business traffic and leisure travelers taking advantage of sale fares have more than made up for their absence. Ryanair recently announced a 39% rise in profits and a 37% load increase for the six months ending Sept. 30, while easyJet posted an annual pretax profit of $58 million--even higher...