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Word: irishman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...religion," the Irishman says, standing alone on a dimly lit stage, "and the weather above...

Author: By Caroline S. Chaffin, | Title: "We Are Now Young...We Are Now Masters" | 1/12/1990 | See Source »

...rugged-looking Dan Zelman is well-cast as the sensitive Irishman, Colm Primrose, and Heather Gunn is equally well-cast as the polished English city girl, Timothea Stiles...

Author: By Caroline S. Chaffin, | Title: "We Are Now Young...We Are Now Masters" | 1/12/1990 | See Source »

...missing his heart. When Beckett later asked why the attack happened, the assailant replied, "I don't know, sir." That glimpse of the random perils of existence may have confirmed Beckett's dark vision but did not initiate it. His novel Murphy, published the same year, depicts a destitute Irishman, living in London, who daydreams away his days in a rocking chair until a gas plant explodes and shreds him. At his instruction, his ashes are flushed down the toilet of Dublin's Abbey Theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Samuel Beckett: 1906-1989: Giving Birth Astride of a Grave | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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