No Conflict? NPR's Nina Totenberg Takes on John Edwards Daughter As Summer Intern. (2007)
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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| National Public Radio reporter Nina Totenberg -- legendary (or infamous) for championing Anita Hill's unsubstantiated sexual harassment charges against Clarence Thomas, and then yawning at all harassment claims against Bill Clinton -- is hiring the daughter of liberal Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards as a summer intern... |
Nicola, jazz fest partner to sponsor replica ships in Lewes May 29-June 1 [Nina, Pinta]
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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| The Pinta and the Nina, replicas of Columbus's ships, will visit Lewes Friday, May 29. The ships will be docked at the City Dock on Front Street until their early morning departure Monday, June 1... The Nina was built by hand and without the use of power tools. She was called "the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built," by Archaeology magazine. Craftmanship of construction and the details in the rigging make it a fascinating visit back to the Age of Discovery. The Nina was used in the production of the film, "1492," starring Gerard Depardieu. "It's an educational vessel... |
Illegal Irish 'need Obama's help'
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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AN IRISH MEP has written to US President-elect Barack Obama to highlight that up to 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants living in the US need his “political assistance now more than ever.” Seán Ó Neachtain, Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland North and West, urged Mr Obama to consider introducing measures to allow undocumented and illegal Irish to remain in the US legally. Mr Ó Neachtain said the situation of the illegal Irish in America was “unacceptable” and they needed “urgent help”. However, he said he understood “fully” that US authorities had to maintain tight security at airports and ports due to...
Video: Nina Easton on McCain's Good Debate
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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"No Irish Need Apply": A Myth of Victimization
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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| Abstract Irish Catholics in America have a vibrant memory of humiliating job discrimination, which featured omnipresent signs proclaiming "Help Wanted--No Irish Need Apply!" No one has ever seen one of these NINA signs because they were extremely rare or nonexistent. The market for female household workers occasionally specified religion or nationality. Newspaper ads for women sometimes did include NINA, but Irish women nevertheless dominated the market for domestics because they provided a reliable supply of an essential service. Newspaper ads for men with NINA were exceedingly rare. The slogan was commonplace in upper class London by 1820; in 1862 in... |
Legendary caricaturist Hirschfeld dead
Tuesday 29th of May 2012 02:52:31 PM
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| <p>NEW YORK (AP) --Al Hirschfeld, whose graceful, fluid caricatures captured the essence of performers from Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld, died Monday. He was 99.</p> <p>Hirschfeld's work was collected in several books. "Hirschfeld's New York" featured the Algonquin Round Table on its cover.</p> |
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