Word: northerners
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...BELFAST, Northern Ireland: The war is over. In what TIME London Bureau Chief Barry Hillenbrand calls "an astonishing departure" from the politics of bloodshed that has dominated Northern Ireland for three decades, people here -- with a record turnout of 81.1 percent -- have voted 71 percent in favor of the landmark peace agreement hammered out last month by eight parties and the British and Irish governments...
...Poll numbers for the "no" vote stand at 20 to 25 percent, but more worrying to Blair has been the 20 to 25 percent undecided. "The 'yes' campaign has lacked energy," says Hillenbrand. "The problem is that nobody in Northern Ireland's really enthusiastic about the deal, because there are too many warts on it for both sides." Still, says Hillenbrand, the trusty alternative-too-ghastly-to-contemplate mantra will propel a majority on both sides to say yes -- through gritted teeth...
...year in office, Blair helped engineer a historic peace agreement in Northern Ireland and last week managed to reassert a British presence in Middle East politics by sponsoring a high-profile negotiation in London. The British economy is booming: the pound is up, and unemployment is down. Peace and prosperity. Who could ask for anything more? But just in case someone does, there's Britain's current boom in the arts. Whether it's movies like the The Full Monty, bands like Oasis and the Spice Girls, or designers like Stella McCartney, the hottest thing going these days seems...
...package store owners in northern Massachusetts have their way, one of the last of the state's blue laws will soon be retired. A group of store owners is challenging the prohibition against Sunday liquor sales, claiming the law is arbitrary and violates their state and federal constitutional rights to due process. Currently, store owners within 10 miles of the New Hampshire border are granted exemptions, and during the holiday season some counties--Middlesex County included--allow Sunday openings...
...This elaborate scheme is not an easy sell. The long pipeline would cost about $4 billion to build and add up to $4 to the cost of each barrel of oil it carried. To many company executives, it seems easier to use the southern route through Iran or the northern route through Russia to the Black...