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...1960S AND '70S, A distinctly Irish phenomenon was the show band, a group that played to packed arenas and covered international pop hits. Singer Joe Dolan, known as Ireland's "national aphrodisiac," was one of its most celebrated acts. Unlike others, Dolan also found success overseas with original material. His 1969 tune Make Me an Island reached No. 3 on Britain's pop charts (and No. 1 in a dozen other countries). A cross between Tom Jones and Tony Bennett, Dolan never took himself too seriously. After a 2005 hip replacement, he sold his old hip on eBay for charity...
...Internet, as people have contacted their friends, and things have been shared and passed, and it has just built. Because otherwise there was no reason. It's not like we have staff out there ginning up phone calls, interest and pushing people towards us. It's been a natural phenomenon. So it does have the potential to be a political landmark that I think could be very significant, and help shape the future of presidential politics in a very positive...
...Your article asks what the cause of the bigger-families phenomenon might be. The answer is simple and relates to a basic aspect of of human nature. In the U.S. and here in Australia, the rich are anxious to maintain their position in society and are worried about being outnumbered by groups viewed as beneath them. This desire may be subconscious, but they feel they have much to lose unless they maintain the status quo. Dr. Rebecca Fanany, Vermont South...
...possible, and widely-accepted, explanation for this phenomenon in humans is “the grandmother hypothesis...
Additionally, data collected thus far shows that white students tend to have more racially homogenous Facebook networks, a finding that coincides with the accepted phenomenon of social homopholy—the idea that “birds of a feather flock together...