Word: irelands
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...Nothing hampers the progress of civil aviation more than fear," says Jeremiah Dempsey, general manager of Ireland's Aer Lingus. The other side of the equation is that, as planes become safer, more people will become less fearful and will fly. Since 1962, the proportion of Americans who have been up in a plane has climbed from 33% to 38% . But as more people fly, the casualty toll will climb too-unless the one-in-a-million chance of accident can be cut still lower...
...bishops of pluralistic Germany and The Netherlands spearheaded the drive for easier mixed marriages. The more conservative U.S. bishops and those of Ireland feared that easing the rules might undermine the faith of the Catholic spouse. In November 1964, on the motion of Julius Cardinal Dopfner of Munich, the Vatican Council voted 1,562 to 427 to hand over the drafting of the decree to the Pope; last week's decree was the result. Protestants responded with reserved satisfaction; a Church of England spokesman called the rules "a hopeful beginning...
BRITAIN, which has absorbed $4.2 billion in American investment, more than any other country in Europe, has an "excellent" climate for foreign investment, especially American. The British particularly want investment that will bring in new technology and foster progress in Scotland and Northern Ireland. American corporations have an "exemplary" record of good behavior in the U.K., but their executives tend to irritate the British by not adapting to local customs. There is some fear of "U.S. dominance" of key industries such as autos, aircraft, computers...
...when Ireland gets her freedom...
Dunn's specialty is medieval literature of Scotland and Ireland, but his academic capacities are enormous and his interests awesome. At Ontario's MacMasters College, he majored in and English with a Latin-Greek option, but he also managed a full program of chemistry courses. "I was interested in the courses we used to call 'radio-active', which, as you know, have become rather important," Dunn says...