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...cheers at the tattered signs that read "England Get Out of Ireland," the glamor and the electricity have long since gone out of being Irish. Oh, there are still a pack of third-generation, boring middle-class accountant-types who think the best tribute to ethnic purity is to sneak money overseas so the IRA can continue its "glorious struggle." But blowing up orphanages and hospitals somehow doesn't have the romantic appeal of the Easter Rebellion, so for the most part the Irish in America don't think much about the homeland. Instead they've bothered themselves with making...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: A Lace Curtain-Call | 4/12/1977 | See Source »

...then even if that fails, there's still the Big Green. Now admittedly, Tuesday night's loss was especially painful in that it occurred against the Hanoverians. But should a Dartmouth triumph on Saturday allow the Crimson to sneak into the playoffs, well, there's a little good in everybody, right...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Skating on Thin Ice | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

Following the award ceremony and reception, Taylor will see sneak-previews of the new Pudding club production and then hold a press conference...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Liz Taylor to be Honored In Pudding Parade Today | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

There is very little plot. The film evolves through a series of incidents about a group of children in the French town of Theirs. Two boys sneak into a movie theater. A couple of brothers relieve a pal of his haircut money by tending to the tonsorial chores themselves. A little girl named Sylvie, sly and lovely, refuses to dine out with her parents, then organizes an intricate foodlift for herself among concerned neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: State of Grace | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

...stadium. But no mattered how lucrative the night got, what really mattered was being there, with the best excuse in the world, short of playing, to attend 60 games a season. Nightly I pleaded with Bowa to lob one to the upper deck before the game began. I would sneak peaks between sales. But mostly I cheered. I was into the works: Billion dollar scoreboard, clapping hands, ear-piercing organ, Mexican hat dance, Hava Negila, Da, Da, Da Dump Pa Da; Charge...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: 234 Games Under .500 | 10/8/1976 | See Source »

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