Word: wars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...I.R.A. as freedom fighters: The present I.R.A., the Provisional I.R.A., bears no relation whatsoever to the I.R.A. that existed in the early 1920s and before our war of independence. They have been outlawed by successive Irish governments. We abhor entirely the manner in which they are pursuing their activities-placing bombs in crowded areas, killing indiscriminately, doing acts of violence that make Irish people ashamed. These men are not fighting for a united Ireland; they are maintaining the division of Ireland-the fear and bitterness that exist in the North. It is brutal and horrific gangsterism...
...army withdrew precipitately it would give rise to a higher level of violence. If the I.R.A. were freed of the British army, they would certainly step up their activities, and it is well known that the paramilitary Unionists are very well armed. It could be tantamount to a civil war...
...later obsessive interest in fat and felt as art materials, emblems of healing and magic), have for his followers almost joined Van Gogh's ear in the hagiography of modern art. After refusing for years to exhibit at an American museum in protest against the Viet Nam War, Beuys is now having a retrospective, organized by the English art curator Caroline Tisdall, at the Guggenheim in New York City...
...Pritchett had returned to London to write fiction. To support himself he became a critic for the New Statesman. "I rather liked exploration books," he recalls. "They were expensive and could be sold." By World War II he was married, a father and a critic of growing reputation. Yet he still devoted half his working day to fiction. So it has gone ever since, and the rhythm shows no signs of slackening. The question of retirement seems inappropriate. One would rather know what Pritchett is working on now. "Two stories," he replies cheerfully, "at the same time...
Clementine was as staunch a Liberal as Winston was a Tory. Yet, as Soames tells it, his political career benefited greatly from the shrewdness and discretion of his "Clemmie." When Churchill was removed from his post as First Lord of the Admiralty during World War I, Clementine wrote Prime Minister Asquith an anguished protest: "Winston may in your eyes ... have faults but he has the supreme quality which I venture to say very few of your present or future Cabinet possess-the power, the imagination, the deadliness to fight Germany." Her further efforts managed to keep her husband from openly...