The Irish-American author Padraic Colum (1881-1972), best known for his poetry and plays, was active in the Irish Literary Revival.Padraic Colum was born in County Longford and as a youth met many who...
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At one point during the discussion of Dublin's literary life that takes place in the National Library in the "Scylla and Charybdis" episode of Ulysses (1922), Stephen Dedalus overhears the following c...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's King Juan Carlos and Saudi Arabia's King
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud on Tuesday presented a joint fund for
investments in infrastructure and energ...
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Tbilisi (dpa) - Georgia's cultural diversity is perhaps best
illustrated by the country's customarily lavish dining table, which
fairly groans under the weight of all the ta...
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10: JasonJason was forced to embark on his famous quest for the Golden Fleece as a prerequisite for becoming the king of a Greek city. The Fleece was located in a region of the Black Sea, and Jason...
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Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.Pleshette, whose career inclu...
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LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - What happens in a market where you
can no longer smell the fear or see the greed? Jerome Kerviel
happens, say some seasoned stock market traders. Stock markets have been ...
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