Word: irishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Greeting Gorbachev on the tarmac, Haughey opened with "Cead Mile Failte" (100,000 Welcomes), a traditional Irish language phrase. And to an approving smile from Gorbachev, the 63-year-old prime minister added in Russian, "I'm delighted you have arrived in our country...
Haughey's wife, Maureen, took Raisa Gorbachev on a tour of nearby Bunratty Folk Park, where 19th century Irish village life is portrayed...
...Irish brunch hosted by Massachusetts Senate President William M. Bulger (D-South Boston), Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, one of the predicted front runners in the upcoming gubernatorial race. tried to clear up confusion about who the candidates for governor will be. "No matter who enters the race, no matter who withdraws, I want this to be made clear--in 1990 I will not be a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor...
...scattershot energies have boosted his popularity, but he has been slow to identify priorities and has bungled the delivery of his message. -- Computer espionage causes chills at the Pentagon. -- An explosion in San Diego raises the grim possibility of foreign terrorism in the U.S. -- A new wave of Irish immigrants is showing its muscle...
...hard-fought 1986 immigration reform also bypassed the Irish aliens. Aimed mostly at the U.S. southern border, it granted amnesty to foreigners who could show they were in the U.S. before 1982. That was just before the latest Irish influx began, cutting off these new arrivals...