Liam O'Flaherty was born to Michael and Margaret Ganly O'Flaherty in the village of Gort na gCapall, Inishmore, the Aran Islands. The effects of extreme poverty, of the struggle against the elements, ...
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The most significant fact regarding Liam O'Flaherty's biography and writing is that he was born on Inishmore, one of the bleak, desolate Aran Islands--an isolated, primitive, often fogbound area const...
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Doneal Mack scored a career-high 23 points, making seven 3-pointers, to lead No. 2 Memphis to a school-record 40th straight home win 90-53 over Pepperdine on Saturday.Five players scored in double ...
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A giant tsunami struck Seaside, Ore. this week _ at least, a model version of the town, built by researchers at Oregon State University to demonstrate the potentially devastating effects of a real ...
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A 24-year-old California surfer topped a daredevil contest Saturday that had competitors riding waves more than four stories tall.Greg Long of San Clemente was among two dozen elite surfers who too...
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An 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru from Hawaii is bringing good vibrations to the impoverished Gaza Strip.Dorian Paskowitz, a retired doctor who has been surfing for 75 years, donated 12 surfboards...
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Navy ships scoured the rough Java Sea Sunday in search of survivors from a ferry that sank in a storm off central Indonesia, leaving more than 500 people missing, officials said.More than a day aft...
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Surigao City, Philippines (dpa) - Rescuers on Sunday searched for
21 people, including a town mayor, still missing after a passenger
ferry sank in the southern Philippines, ...
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Question 1 of 10:
Virginia
Woolf
was the daughter of which 19th century philosopher, critic and biographer?a)
John
Ruskin
(0)b)
Thomas
Huxley
(0)c)
Leslie
Stephen
(1)d)
Thomas
Carlyle
(0)...
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What Does Tsunami Mean?From the Japanese ‘tsu’ meaning ‘harbour’ and ‘nami’ meaning ‘wave’, the traditional translation of tsunami as ‘tidal wa...
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There's a pattern particular to the New York press's handline of politicians from the suburbs, played out twice last year. First, there's the wave of pieces trumping their viability, bringing them ...
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Liam O'Flaherty
No. 2 Memphis wins 40th straight at home
