Word: norwegians
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...They were three women, three liberals and three mediocrities," Mansfield said. Three recent Commencement speakers--Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Philipine President Corazon Aquino and former Irish President Mary R. Robinson--were thus summed up in a single, beautiful sentence. One can hardly argue with the fact that they are all liberal women, and a strong case can made for the charge of mediocrity. All are deserving of our admiration and respect, but it would be difficult to argue that Brundtland has made an indelible mark on the world...
...recent speakers, Mansfield particularly criticized Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundt-land, former Philippine president Corazon Aquino and last year's speaker, former president of Ireland Mary R. Robinson...
...thought he was Norwegian," Hahs says...
Galbraith and his wife, Tone R. Bringa, met on a blind business date a few years ago. Bringa, a Norwegian anthropologist who was working as a political analyst for the United Nations in Croatia, says one of her British journalist friends set up an interview for her with Galbraith...
Knut Kloster Jr., the former chairman of the Norwegian Cruise and Royal Viking lines, plans to top even that by launching a ship that will be a permanent home for its passengers. The globe-trotting vessel, called World of ResidenSea, will have 286 condominiums when completed in early 2001. Kloster has so far sold 65 units, which go for as much as $6.6 million. And for those who can't get enough Titanic, a U.S.-Swiss partnership plans to build a $500 million replica that will take its maiden voyage on the 90th anniversary of the Titanic...