Word: tells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really does have many good stories to tell, as we would expect her to after 50 years of wandering aimlessly around. Unfortunately, though, both her anecdotes and her comments, genuine as they are, get tiresome. Too many small, talented beggars and quaint roadside cafes, too many slightly tragic principalities with curious histories litter the pages of this book. The nations and cultures blur into each other: Luxembourg, San Marino, Monaco, Andorra are each different but by the end of the book seem remarkably similar and indistinguishable. After hearing about the Brittons, Sorbs, Wends and Karaim, it becomes difficult to remember...
...Europe, the laid-back pace of the prose begins to grate on the nerves. Morris seems almost the quintessential kindly, old British matron and as a result, listening to her drone on is like having an especially long lunch with your grand-mother. She usually has good stories to tell, but, boy, does she ramble...
...would think from the big, decorated tree sitting proudly in the entrance foyer of Adams House. And in the dining hall of Leverett. In fact, from the looks of things, one could easily get the impression that everyone at Harvard celebrates Christmas. Which, at least insofar as I can tell and as the admissions committee claims, is not the case. So why do Christmas trees decorate the houses to the complete exclusion of other religious symbols...
...Ireland are rife. The London Daily Telegraph on Wednesday quoted "unidentified senior security sources" as saying the terrorist organization had resumed training, recruitment and weapons testing. Is Blair worried? Perhaps, but he says it's worth "taking a few risks" for peace. The Labor Prime Minister said he would tell Adams: "If you return to violence there will be no place for you at the negotiation table." No word on whether the Sinn Fein leader was asked to walk through a metal detector, just to be on the safe side...
Asked how long the deliberation process could take to decide the next mayor, Russell said, "I could not tell you. Last time it was two months, the time before that...