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A Tribute to Irish Writer Nuala O'Faolain

Robyn Blumner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Entertainment


Robyn Blumner

There are a number of modern authors whose facility with the written word and ability to plumb the human experience leave me in awe. But if you asked me whose work touched me most, it would be O'Faolain's.

The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home


Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled tod...