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...enough to make a decent Irishman gag. There she sat, "the ould bitch," on the lawn of Leinster House itself, right in front of the main entrance to the Dail; and there she had been sitting for 41 years. Even worse than the statue of Victoria was the tablet underneath, inscribed from the old Queen's loyal "Irish subjects...
...business as a U.S. corporation. The Attorney General claimed that the seizure (timed with expected receipt of $250,000 due I. G. Farbenindustrie that same day for license fees from U.S. firms) would compel the dye trust to appear before a U.S. court if it wanted to protest, w<ould thus automatically bring it under the jurisdiction of the courts...
...living only last November in New York City (where Eamon de Valera was born). American money in a grand old Irish way makes Irish history, has made it for 90 years. But Tipperary elected Dan Breen last week just because he is such a rip-roaring ould bouchal. Twenty actual times the British have put actual bullets into him. On Dan's head His Majesty's Government once had a price of ?10,000 ($48.600 then) for his capture...
...have Napoleon. No. That's his name. Can't talk English yet. I don't think his French's so good either. He sort of sings along and then he pops out Ow ould you zay tzrow eet eenzo low tzear. Yeah, just like that. Throw it into low gear, he meant. What do they get guys like that for? The class horses him all the time. You know Al? He's on pro, but he never comes to class, I just answer Here for him and Nap doesn't know the difference...
...Daughter of Rosie O'Grady" at the Majestic opens up in unpromising fashion. The Irish hero about to leave ould Ireland is disclosed sobbing lustily on his mother's shoulder, "Oh, mither, mither," while the old lady in turn sobs back, "Oh, me bye, me bye." In this strain of ripe old-fashioned Irish sentiment, the piece continues until the closing scene in which the two are reu- shakeup occurred in the line. Captain McMillan was the only man to remain a regular, and he was shifted to Crago's position at guard, with Bartell, who had been playing...