Word: irishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...IRISH Playwright Graham Reid understands the importance of being earnest, but he hasn't quite grasped the importance of being compelling...
...PLAY is at its best when it satirizes the turmoil of Irish life. Reid shows an unexpectedly biting sense of humor which is best brought to life by Robin Mosely as Deirdre. Deirdre's bawdy sense of humor and her frustrated desires are capably handled by Mosely. Reid also gives her some of the best punchlines. Discussing her lack of a sex life, Deirdre declares she has found a new form of birth control-"arrest at 3 a.m. and a life sentence." Another capable performance is turned in by Susan Pellegrino as Joan...
...houses known as the City of London is also embroiled in a shocking stock-trading scandal. Investigators are still probing deeply into allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the $4 billion takeover last year of Distillers, the British manufacturer of Johnnie Walker Scotch and Gordon's gin, by Guinness, the Anglo-Irish brewer and distiller. The sensational affair has already ruined the careers of some of Britain's best-known businessmen, and may bring regulatory retaliation on the City...
WILLS DEFINES Reagan's appeal the same way Roland Barthes defined myth: "He is a durable daylight `bundle of meanings,"' Wills writes. "Reagan does not argue for American values; he embodies them." Gifted with his salesman father's Irish blarney and his sermonizing mother's penchant for moral crusading, Reagan articulates and seems to embody values Americans prize most. He can josh with an audience and then preach to them. Self-deprecating, humble, unpretentious, charming and--most importantly--a financial and social success, Reagan stands as the "fulfillment of America's ideal--Everyman suddenly put in charge of the nation...
...campaign of mostly familiar faces. FitzGerald and Haughey have each served as Prime Minister twice. Nearly 20% of the country's workers are unemployed, taxes are the most onerous in Western Europe, and the national debt is a staggering $33 billion. While FitzGerald and his Fine Gael (Family of Irish) party called for belt tightening, Haughey used the gift of gab, refusing to commit himself to cuts and promising vaguely to stimulate growth. Nonetheless, Haughey, the strong front runner throughout the four-week campaign, stressed that coalition governments are weak and entreated voters to give him a strong majority...