Word: valera
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...military officer. Since then, the impounded car-and its license plate-have been sitting on an army base. The plate seemed to point to the military's involvement in Burgos's abduction. "This is vital information that connects the military to the case," says Purificacion C. Valera Quisumbing, chair of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights at the time of the abduction. "We're not saying they were the ones who did the abduction. We're just saying that this is a vital connection...
...Sile de Valera, a former member of the Irish Parliament, Irish Cabinet, and the European Parliament, was a Spring 2008 IOP Fellow...
...importance for the E.U. to act collectively abroad and together with the United States. “The main reason for this European Treaty is a desire for a more cohesive Europe and a more cohesive Europe in foreign affairs,” Ahern said. Sile de Valera, an IOP fellow and the youngest female member of parliament in Irish history, introduced Ahern, who currently fills the position held three times by de Valera’s revolutionary grandfather, Eamon de Valera. Ahern first spoke in praise of the peace efforts between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland...
...fellow in 2003, said she is pleased to return to Cambridge to discuss issues such as redistricting, special interest groups, and globalization with students. The other spring 2008 IOP fellows are Bart Peterson, a former mayor of Indianapolis; Lois Romano, a political reporter at The Washington Post; Sile de Valera, a former member of the Irish National Parliament and the European Parliament; and David R. Zwick, founder and president of advocacy group Clean Water Action. The new IOP study groups will kick off in early February. —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu...
...Wilson. But even that crisis was solved after Prime Minister Lloyd George discovered that in the Irish tongue there is no word for "Republic." Created was a Saorstat ("Free State") which Englishmen can think of as a "dominion" while Irishmen plume themselves on the dignity of President Eamon de Valera who refuses to attend the Silver Jubilee next week and insists that Free Staters are "not British subjects...