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Such a one is Declan T. Fox '94, a native of Ireland who plans to spend his first Thanksgiving eating, drinking and making merry at his roommate's Boston home. "I feel a little uncomfortable with it," Fox admitted. "But it's either that or the Union...
Adding to Fox's holiday angst are nagging uncertainties about the underlying concept of the upcoming holiday. "I just don't understand this Thanksgiving," Fox said. In Ireland, he explained, "we drink twice as much and eat twice as much turkey at Christmas...
HIDDEN AGENDA. This contentious melodrama blames British intelligence for everything from political murders in Northern Ireland to sabotage of the Wilson and Heath governments. But even conspiracy buffs may find it hard to be stirred by Ken Loach's dour direction. Paranoia deserves better than this...
...billion for seven U.S. TV stations, plus a movie studio to provide programs, for his high-risk start-up of the Fox TV network. They predicted a comeuppance when he lavished at least $600 million more on launching Sky, a satellite and cable TV service for Britain and Ireland that purveys movies, sports and 24-hr.-a-day news in competition with established broadcasters, including the government-funded...
...week Ireland's church and state both received a shock. A woman who has battled Roman Catholic teaching on contraception, divorce and homosexuality was elected President, a largely ceremonial position. And the Vatican appointed Cahal Daly, a fierce critic of the Irish Republican Army, as Primate of All-Ireland. The Belfast-based bishop's elevation pleased politicians and religious leaders in Ulster and London, where there is hope that his outspoken condemnations of violence might help quell sectarian terrorism...