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...found his writing inspiring. Somehow, as he commented on Presidents and the office they held, he was able to show the significance of the seemingly insignificant in their lives. Sidey brought the best of what the U.S. stands for to readers. We shall miss him. DERICK BINGHAM Belfast, Northern Ireland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 26, 2005 | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

...it’s quite possibly the most unusual name in the senior class. The Folklore and Mythology concentrator tells tales of her many nicknames (Queen Laoife being her favorite) and laughs when she recalls the identity crisis she had when she met another Aoife in the woodlands of Ireland. “Actually,” she says, “there are lots of Aoifes in Irish mythology. In ‘The Children of Lear,’ Aoife is this evil woman who turns all of her children into swans for 300 years, and then...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: (re-)Living the Myth | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...Just how great the world will never know. He came from a working-class background in Northern Ireland, one of soccer's minnows, and so never graced the final rounds of the World Cup. Had he done so, many believe he would have passed Pel? as the greatest of all time. He helped Manchester United become the first English Champions of Europe. But Best's story is one of talent beyond any other, yet talent unfulfilled. The demons that drove him to drink meant he was in decline from the day he left Manchester, aged 27. He played for lesser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...cities across France, and are multiplied millions of times across the world. Such tales are nothing new. The color TV in a remote Turkish farmstead and the concrete-walled house amid shacks of corrugated iron have often been paid for by absent family members. Plenty of church halls in Ireland have been funded by passing the plate around congregations in Boston and New York. But the scale of money flows is new. Mass migration has produced a giant worldwide economy all its own, which has accelerated so fast during the past few years that the figures have astounded the experts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Follow The Money | 11/26/2005 | See Source »

Flynn asserts that, “they work very hard over there in [Ireland] to make films,” with little money and resources, yet the films they produce are exceptional and emotionally complex...

Author: By Carmen E. James, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HFA Gets Lucky with Irish Film | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

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