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...Like most Irish patriots, he believed the axiom that "England's extremity is Ireland's opportunity." Casement went to Germany and tried to raise an Irish Brigade from among British prisoners-of-war, but could get only 53 volunteers. In April of 1916, Casement and two other Irishmen landed on the Galway coast from a German submarine; they were captured the next day. The result was one of the century's most notorious treason trials. In its mixture of nationalist hate and sexual perversion, it seemed to expose a whole dread, unsuspected side of the Edwardian...
...Irishmen. Significantly, the two sides have been getting together regularly, well in advance of the contract expiration date, which is March 30. This is a considerable departure from the past, when serious negotiations did not always begin before the contract ran out. Since last October, the unions and the publishers have met 54 times, in an atmosphere that even Bert Powers described as "reasonable...
Fitting the Image. The Irish line, which started its New York run with leased Constellations in 1958, now has the highest load factor (65.6%) of any major airline over the Atlantic. It plays unabashedly on the chauvinism of U.S. Irishmen. "We try," says one executive, "to fit the image Americans have of the Irish." Fattening the image, creamy-cheeked stewardesses in heather-flecked tweeds or linens welcome passengers aboard "shamrock flights." They feed them in first class on Royal Tara china with such delicacies as grilled Liffey salmon steaks, Irish coffee and Guinness stout. All the while, Irish jigs frolic...
...another Massachusetts Democrat, Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54, is doing more for the state, the chairman admitted, "it is at the expense of 49 other states." He warned that the Kennedys "like all Democrats," are only interested in getting re-elected, and added, "Just give those three Irishmen enough rope and they'll hang themselves...
...Gaelic puritanism. Ireland's own station competes with programs beamed from Britain that seem incredibly risque to Irish viewers; the BBC's uninhibited coverage of Christine Keeler's exploits has even jogged the stodgy, self-censoring Irish press into giving readers all the details. Many Irishmen, increasingly resentful of censorship, have taken to sampling censored books, films or plays by taking the 90-minute flight to London - where far more horrendous temptations abound...