Word: ireland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This book, laid in Ireland at the start of World War II, tells of a 17-year-old. Everylad who feels himself a failure and is at odds with his father and siblings. The work possesses authenticity and humor; the writing is literate and well above average. The weaker portions are overshadowed by the tremendous impact of the final pages, where the boy finds a meaning for his life as he works to help victims of a German bombing-raid...
...nations with trade reprisals if they voted against Greece. Even so, at week's end as many as eight nations were in favor of suspending Greece from participation in the Council until the colonels either step down or reform. But two crucial votes (those of West Germany and Ireland) were still uncommitted, and it was uncertain whether the suspension motion would carry...
Neither of Hurley's parents, both natives of Ireland, likes football. His father thinks it is a dirty game, and his mother is afraid that he might be injured. But Neil's two older brothers encouraged him, and he played-by sneaking out of the house with his uniform in a bag, and getting dressed for practice in the coach...
...workin' with the public; you're not all boxed in, crowded in. An' listen, we have some fun. My wife and I go to Vegas every year. You get hooked on farmin', really. I'm the third generation on this farm; my grandfather came here from Ireland in 1882 ?he had a family of ten. You know, I'd hate to see even one field sold away from the ranch...
Snarr is confident that things will improve. After all, his whole life has been spent meeting challenges, including a childhood stutter, three Golden Gloves boxing championships in his native Idaho, and a tour as a Mormon missionary in Ireland ("Now that was tough," he roars). Snarr got into billboards because his father, a potato farmer, was too poor to send him to college. By designing weirdly shaped signs that visually jolted motorists, he earned his way through two years of Brigham Young University, then snagged a $400,000 sign contract from Harrah's casinos...