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...11th man from any European town emigrated to the States, a football team got organized. Football, the real variety, is an American game, too. Since the 19th century, whether it was Scottish mill hands in New Jersey, Portuguese fishermen in Massachusetts, Ukrainian steel workers in Pennsylvania, Italian masons and Irish sandhogs in New York City, or German brewers and shopkeepers in Missouri, one ethnicity after the next established its community and its football, not necessarily in that order...
When I got to Europe as a journalist (and as a player when my club team toured) it was amusing to see teams replicate what I'd experienced in New York: the way an Irish team plays the offside trap; an Italian midfielder's pass to an outside back that is as predictable as pasta for dinner; the steely play of the Poles contrasted with the passion of the Greeks. New York City's Croatian teams impressed me with their technical approach; the Hungarians, once powerhouses, have faded; the Greeks are defending champions. Sound familiar...
...Kendric Packer ’48, to propose a contest to Harvard alums to provide a fitting alternative. Simply replacing “sons” with “children” had a belittling connotation and afforded one two many syllables to keep pace with the old Irish tune on which Fair Harvard is based. So, after four years of discussions and vigorous debate in alumni journals, the greater Harvard community settled on the new opening verse: “Fair Harvard! We join in thy jubilee throng.” They got it wrong...
...successful principal of St. Andrews, not the highly successful female principal,” Richardson said, echoing Faust’s words upon assuming the presidency. Richardson added that she was considering other offers in the U.S. and the U.K. before she heard from St. Andrews last week. The Irish-born scholar noted her long-standing ties to St. Andrews as an affiliate of its renowned Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, stating that “the values and aspirations of the University and mine are closely aligned.” St. Andrews, founded...
...countries making up the membership of the Union so the time has come to further review its political and administrative mechanisms. There has been an attempt over the last few years to address the functioning of the institutions. There was an agreement of member governments during the Irish Presidency of Europe on a European Constitution but this failed when it was turned down in a referendum in both The Netherlands and France. Now the campaign is on to have what is termed the Reform Treaty or Lisbon Treaty accepted. The real debate on this treaty, which deals with the need...