Word: northerner
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...militias nationwide and even some of their critics soon began expressing doubts about the note. "A setup," said Dean Compton, a Northern California paramilitary leader and founder of the National Alliance of Christian Militia, echoing a common sentiment. "We went through every computer data base we had, and there's no militia in the country that has ever heard of the name." At least two aspects of the note seem suspect: most extremists reserve the term Gestapo for the government, and few of them trust the feds enough to suggest that they police themselves. Joel Breshin, head of the Arizona...
...also discussed his impressions of the current John Keats exhibit, the history of the conflict in northern Ireland and the connection between poets of different centuries. He noted the subversive elements of successful Irish poets, and said that their mastery of English allowed them to "conquer the language of the conqueror...
...Academy likes to invest some geopolitical significance in its literature awards, and the current peace talks in Northern Ireland seem to have influenced this year's decision. Among the reasons cited for choosing Heaney: "As an Irish Catholic, he has concerned himself with analysis of violence in Northern Ireland--with the express reservation that he wants to avoid the conventional terms...
This long, archaeological perspective has drawn some criticism over the years from Catholic partisans in the struggle over Northern Ireland, who felt that Heaney was insufficiently engaged in the tumultuous here and now. His move to Dublin, capital of the Irish Republic, in 1972 also proved controversial. But Heaney has written quite movingly about the carnage wrought by hatred in his native land. In "Casualty," he portrays the death of a Catholic friend who went to a Protestant pub in spite of warnings that a wing of the Irish Republican Army planned to bomb it: "He had gone miles away...
This afternoon, the team goes up against the tournament host, Queens. If the Crimson wins, it will improve Harvard's seeding at the Northern Division Championship, to be held here at Harvard October...