Word: irished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Notre Dame. "Don't call it a fetish. Call it a passion," he says, though either description may fit. An early childhood in Indianapolis --with a diehard Irish fan for a father--served as the catalyst, and his devotion survived a move that might have left an average fan with split sympathies...
Scheper recalls the exact day when his family left Indiana for Northridge, Calif.--the heart of USC country. It was Nov. 30, 1968, when the Irish and Trojans battled...
...effect of his visit is still uncertain. His appeal to the Palestinians for peace yesterday may have the same impact as his appeal for peace in Northern Ireland. The latter charge has apparently moved Irish Catholics but it has left many Protestant leaders skeptical...
...demonstrators may march on the Common scares him. Graying on the sides like middle-aged cops are supposed to, he worries about the day ahead. "One little thing can set people off," he explains. "You gotta nip it just before it gets out of hand." Another cop, just as Irish as the first, lists the kinds of "maggots" the observer will see. "There will be lots of wallet lifters, and some of the guys who just grab ladies' necklaces and take off with them; and then there's punks, and they just like to harass people...
...cities as places to live in and enjoy rather than places to work in and get out of." He is a master of scale and placement and insists on a "dialogue between space and setting," in which site determines form. A handsome, blue-eyed bachelor, he is of Swedish-Irish descent, and both dour and mischievous strains can be detected in his designs...