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...about a budget. I’ve never had to worry about fucking up the whole thing and throwing the whole thing away.” The results of that experimentation have lead to his interest in painting industrial landscapes and tools. “I’m Irish,” Powers says. “Everything is really small in Ireland. I like big structures, big buildings.” He’s frustrated by those who can not see the beauty of industrial tools and landscapes: “Everyone likes flowers, nice views, parks...
...Irish word, which former Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister John Karefa-Smart defined as “big stick” at a panel discussion on Sierra Leone in Sever Hall Saturday, refers to a problem-solving tactic. Find the cause of the problem, and hit it with a “shillelagh...
...lead in the third 500 meters just edging out the Big Green for a 1.4 second win. In the afternoon, an early lead faded as a late move by Notre Dame made the race tense. Radcliffe held off the other boats for a .94 second advantage over the Fighting Irish.“They raced strong throughout,” Bosworth said. “They were down at the 1500 mark but came back through the competition in a very dramatic race. [Notre Dame] did a good job in the wind and the weather but we squeaked...
...when he took office in 1976, Patrick Hillery was the youngest President in Irish history--and possibly Ireland's most unifying. A former physician, Hillery headed four government ministries--from Education to Foreign Affairs--before his 14-year tenure as President. Though he initially didn't seek re-election when his first term ended in 1983, voters from multiple parties clamored for him to continue. The educational reforms of the 1960s and his work with what would later become the European Union are Hillery's enduring political legacy, but it was his ability to rise above political mudslinging that most...
...evolved into its own set of dishes and expectations because that’s what people want. Food is all relative. We think of tempura as Japanese but it’s actually from Portugal in the 1500s. And we think of potatoes as something very Irish, but potatoes are from Peru. THC: What kinds of discussions were you hoping to provoke with this book?JL: The large aim of the book is to make people think twice about what it means to be American. And that in a post-1965, post-Open Door Act world, when we?...