The American writer Mary T. McCarthy (1912-1989) wrote novels and short stories as well as reportage, autobiographical essays, theater criticism, political essays, and art history.Mary Therese McCarth...
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Mary McCarthy has made her living and reputation as a writer ever since her graduation from Vassar College in 1933, Phi Beta Kappa key in hand. Beginning with book reviews for Nation and the New Repub...
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Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - A man arrested in Germany on charges of
supporting al-Qaeda had no direct contact to the international
terrorist network, but had been spreading i...
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Police arrested two lawmakers and at least 10 other members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group Sunday as part of Egypt's ongoing campaign against the country's strongest opposition group, the g...
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Two Palestinian groups, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, claimed joint responsibility for Monday's suicide bombing in the southern Israeli resort of Eilat. A look at the groups:___I...
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Water pollution caused by an organofluoric compound is spreading
all over Japan, particularly around the city of Osaka, where a high
concentration of the compound has been detected and reside...
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A major outlawed Protestant group reopened negotiations Thursday with international disarmament officials, raising hopes that it could soon follow the IRA's lead and surrender weapons.The Ulster Vo...
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The state-run Resolution and Collection Corp. prepared Wednesday
to seek a court enforcement of Monday's ruling ordering the
pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon to repay 62.7 billion yen in debts o...
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Copenhagen (dpa) - Higher oil prices continued to benefit and
impact profits for 2006, the Danish shipping and oil concern AP
Moller-Maersk said Wednesday.
Pr...
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Athens (dpa) - Greece's radical leftist group Revolutionary
Struggle on Thursday claimed responsibility for a hand grenade attack
on a police station in Athens last month an...
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Mary T. McCarthy
Mary (Therese) McCarthy
Suspected al-Qaeda supporter "had no direct contact" to the group
