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...IRELAND THE MATTER OF CHOICE IS NOT SO MUCH one of whether to permit abortion as where to permit it. The country's blanket ban, last reaffirmed by voters in 1983, came under new scrutiny in March, when the Supreme Court allowed a 14-year-old rape victim to have her pregnancy medically terminated in Britain. In a three-part referendum, voters overwhelmingly decided to legalize that previously unlawful option by permitting women to travel abroad for abortions and obtain information about how to do so. But a constitutional amendment allowing abortions to be performed in Ireland in cases where...
...nothing comparable. But for the past couple of years, although London's sheer theatrical volume has vastly exceeded Broadway's, the quality of new work has been conspicuously higher in the U.S., and London's saving grace has been imports, with recent best-play awards going to works from Ireland, Chile and New York City. The dependence is even deeper when it comes to musicals. When three opened in one week last month, the only homegrown entry was Radio Times, recycling half-century-old songs by the author of Me and My Girl. Another, Which Witch, came from Norway, although...
...France seems increasingly lonely. Though it claims support from Italy, Spain and Belgium, its isolation deepened when the E.C.'s point man in the agriculture negotiations, commissioner Ray MacSharry of Ireland, resigned, blaming E.C. Commission President Jacques Delors for excessive sympathy for his fellow French. The chief farm negotiator eventually resumed his duties, but only after apparently winning support to conduct the talks without interference...
...Ireland is well-known for its soccer and its beer. The Irish are not known for their basketball--at least...
...other hand, basketball isn't exactly Ireland's pastime. Across the pond, open shots have a lot more meaining in pubs than on b-ball courts...