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...decade of prosperity has ushered in touches of Continental cosmopolitanism--and has attracted more and more American executives to visit the Irish outposts of such big American firms as Motorola, Intel and Bristol-Myers Squibb--yet Dublin remains the gentlest of Europe's capitals. Sure, some venerable fish-and-chips shops are offering cappuccino alongside fried cod, and a few pub menus are substituting bruschetta for bacon and cabbage. But wild deer still lope through Phoenix Park, the largest city park in Europe, and the pub keepers still draw a Guinness with the reverence and ritual of a Japanese...
...done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby. TIME: Why didn't you film The Magdalene Sisters in Ireland, where it's set? Mullan: It came down to money. But I was a bit concerned when we couldn't get an advert in one of the Irish newspapers. Alarm bells went off, rightly or wrongly. I worried that we'd be met with similar small acts of sabotage. TIME: You still consider yourself a Catholic? Mullan: My mother handed over my soul when I was two weeks old, and they educated me until...
Verbatim "An Irish guy with a beard is still an Irish guy." JAMES L. HUGGINS, U.S. Army colonel, discussing the futility of American special forces trying to blend in with the local Afghan population...
...CELEBRATE YOUR OWN ETHNICITY Whether you are Swedish, Scotch-Irish, Native American, Italian or a mixture of many cultures, show your children that everyone comes from somewhere--that every culture has its own language, foods, music and customs...
Meanwhile, KPBX in Spokane, Wash., broadcasts several of the children's concerts it sponsors every year. The concerts have offered bluegrass, Australian bush music, Irish ceilidh music, and a klezmer band. Information about the instruments, musicians and cultures that created the music is a part of each show, and during the holidays, stories that incorporate musical props are added. Gini Dixon and her family are avid KPBX listeners. "The radio is always on," she says. "I think it broadens my kids' horizons." Her son Mitchell, 5, touts the stories, while his sister Elizabeth, 9, is a fan of the music...