Word: irishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Donald Regan, 62, has become a White House favorite. The Irish ancestry he shares with the President does not hurt, nor does his smooth, self-assured manner. More important, though, is that, of the top members of the Cabinet, Regan is the only one who has not yet embarrassed the White House or caused a major problem. That in itself is something of a surprise, because when he came to Washington from Wall Street, the Treasury Secretary seemed out of step with the supply-side tax cutters who had Reagan's ear. Regan, who initially warned against the dangers...
...repealed in 1681, but Puritan tradition effectively smothered Christmas festivities. Only in the mid-19th century, with the influx of German and Irish immigrants at New England ports, was the Puritan legacy undermined. In 1856, Massachusetts finally proclaimed Christmas a holiday...
...ragtag militia review served as an ominous end to what Paisley billed as a "day of action" in protest against Britain's failure to move more forcefully against the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Less than a week after Paisley's supporters had gathered in mourning for the Rev. Robert Bradford, a Member of Parliament slain on Nov. 14 by I.R.A. gunmen, many of Northern Ireland's Protestants walked off their jobs in a day of demonstrations that disrupted the region. Paisley led a motorcade to the Parliament buildings in Stormont, which until the early 1970s were...
...when the foreign company brings in technical expertise and leaves the marketing to Americans. The investments that did not work were aimed directly at the American consumer." Foreign businessmen are unaccustomed to the ethnic diversity in the U.S., where blacks, Hispanics and Chinese are as ubiquitous as the Irish and Italians. Overseas investors are often unprepared for the competitiveness of the American market, in which promotion and image are crucial. European companies have acquired 21 major U.S. retailers since 1973, but only two of these foreign firms have earned large U.S. profits: Belgium's Delhaize-Le Lion group. which...
Ferry, in particular, has gotten star treatment from his dormmates. They cheered his every move against the Irish and afterwards presented him with a placard which said. "Go Playboy Kid--Pride of Weld North," referring to Ferry's mention in a college round-up compiled by the ever-popular soft-porn magazine...