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...resurgent Irish pride has also helped Riverdance thrive. The brief history of the troupe coincides with a period of real progress in the peacemaking process in Northern Ireland. Says Doherty: "It was really a great time to be Irish. People took pride in rediscovering their culture. They felt good about themselves." Still, the team decided to diversify the content. Whelan adapted some flamenco rhythms that marry well with the jig. In one segment a Spanish dancer performs to traditional accompaniment; in another she does moves similar...
...state for the record that I am not speaking to those who thrive on the clubs. I am not speaking to those for whom membership poses no question of integrity. I will let the ignorant continue in their bliss. Rather, I am specifically talking to you who pretend to be so innocent. I am speaking to you who think nobility is merely having moral qualms about club membership, but drink away such a dilemma in the company of female hordes. I am speaking to you who passively participate in what is to your female friends a sexually offensive atrocity...
...doesn't save them by scaling back the cuts, there will be time to revisit the issues before disaster strikes. Maybe they'll get lucky. But judging by experiences in Arizona and Tennessee, two states that went early down the road to Medicaid reform, Governors had better learn to thrive on chaos--and learn fast...
...these economic consequences of the budget deficit lead to less economic growth and more wage stagnation. The result is a weaker and poorer America filled with citizens battling over a steadily shrinking economic pie. Perhaps in such an economic climate the Democratic party would thrive given its ability to cater to special interest groups...
...cannot passively approach the Harvard experience, for one will be trampled on by the masses of students who know exactly where they would like to go and are determined to do so in the fastest way possible. Individuals, therefore, are pushed to assert themselves strongly so as to thrive in the struggle for academic excellence, a goal towards which we are all so decisively directed...