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Despite the euphoria after the Irish Republican Army's cease-fire declaration six weeks ago, few Northern Ireland citizens were incautious enough to believe that the end of their long troubles was at hand. Last week, however, it looked like another critical step closer when the two most important paramilitary...
Protestant pro-British militants in Northern Ireland laid down their arms in what may be the final act in setting up a durable peace in the region. The paramilitaries announced that they will "universally cease all operational hostilities," effective midnight tonight. They also went further than the I.R.A., which first...
From everything I have heard about the past composition of Harvard classes, Mr. Chrisman's Class of 1955 would have been (almost without exception) white. Protestant or Catholic, and fairly well-off. Forty years later, my Class of 1995 is vastly more diverse, with people of countless racial, ethnic and...
The British government announced that security in Northern Ireland would be slightly reduced in response to the Irish Republican Army's week-old cease- fire. I.R.A. political chief Gerry Adams shook hands with Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds on the steps of Dublin's Government Buildings, and the two leaders...
Protestant militants sent their contribution to the peace process in Ireland: a bomb on a Dublin-bound train from Belfast. Two women were injured when it partially exploded as the train stopped at its destination. The outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force claimed responsibility and in a statement warned that "Northern Ireland...