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...Harvard harriers should fare better today in Van Cortlandt Park against Penn and Columbia than they did last Tuesday against Providence and UMass at home. The Friars, featuring a trio of Irishmen, came up from the Rhode Island capital to effectively demolish both foes...
...good day for the Irish. Providence College's hot cross-country trio of Irishmen--O'Shea, Tracy and Redmond--put together strong races yesterday at Franklin Park as the Friars burned the University of Massachusetts and Harvard...
...beaten by Harvard, was awarded the number one spot in New England ahead of the Crimson and Providence. UMass also placed fifteenth in the NCAAs thanks to such stars as Randy Thomas, Bill Gillin and Tom Maguire, all of whom will be giving Keefe as well as the boastful irishmen, a run for their money...
...under the pressure of a devastating two-week general strike that had been called to preserve Protestant hegemony in Ulster. With the province near collapse, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was forced to reimpose direct rule from London, and British Tommies once again were on the alert to prevent Irishmen from killing Irishmen...
Although successful at pointing out weaknesses in others' theories concerning upward mobility among ethnic groups. Thernstrom is less successful at suggesting alternative theories. He contends that some aspect of Irish culture or Roman Catholic doctrine discourages Irishmen from striving to achieve material success and from investing in their children's education. Yet, as Thernstrom admits, such a theory explains little. Instead of looking for the reasons Irishmen held these values, the theory uses the fact that the Irish moved up the occupational scale less rapidly than other groups as "proof" simply that they did hold to such principles...