Word: northerner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proclaimed, "is the moment of truth for all paramilitary groupings. They have to make a choice: Will they join together in making peace, or will they isolate themselves?" Coming from Mallon, deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, which speaks for the majority of Catholics in Northern Ireland, it was a challenge the Irish Republican Army could ill afford to ignore...
...spirit of compromise and hope was abroad in Britain and Ireland last week, and that contrasted sharply with the air of despondency following the I.R.A.'s Feb. 9 bomb blast in London's Docklands, which ended its 17-month cease-fire and appeared to shatter the peace process for Northern Ireland. British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart, John Bruton, emerged from a Downing Street summit to present a joint plan for all-party talks on Ulster's future that could pave the way for peace. What was needed was a clear signal that the I.R.A. would call...
...wife, the Southern lady, allegedly the pinnacle of virtue, allowed this sick behavior to corrupt her family. Her husband's excuses for forcing himself on his slaves (to "satisfy his animal instincts") were unchallenged. While Northern women courageously promoted the Abolitionist cause, the Southern woman passively abetted her society's debasement...
...establishment of the Confederacy cannot be glossed over as an attempt to preserve a mere "way of life." It was plainly treason of the highest order. The fact that some Southerners continue to refer to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression" demonstrates either a disturbing lack of historical consciousness or a pathetic denial of reality...
LONDON: In a major breakthrough for stalled Northern Ireland peace talks, British Prime Minister John Major and Irish leader John Bruton announced all party talks will resume on June 10 in Northern Ireland. "Setting a firm date is a very important step at this stage," says TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. "It indicates that the two governments have decided to go ahead with the peace process and are under pressure from all sides to keep the process moving." Before Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, can come to the table, it must first deliver a halt to the recent...