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I love the smell of chip fat at teatime ; Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North By Stuart Maconie EBURY [pound]10.99
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Stuart Maconie is looking for the North. It's not really so
difficult to find, but we're only a few pages in to the book and
he's already hopelessly lost. Perhaps he's spent too long in the
south (the blurb describes him as "a northerner in exile, stateless
and confused"), or perhaps he's visited the buffet car once too
often. Whatever the reason, he's more off-course than the MSC Napoli
as he claims categorically, ludicrously, that "the north" (and it
should be The North, by the way) "undeniably begins in... Crewe".
Crewe. Possibly, just possibly, to indulge a perfectly likeable
Radio 2 DJ ...
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Obituary : J. R. Jayawardene
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...observation be more appropriate than Junius Richard Jayawardene, who began his career at a...what extent, if any, did Jayawardene (always known as JR) contribute...indeed. His father, E.R. Jayawardene, was appointed Chief Justice...
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Indian Police Units Sent to Sri Lanka; Paramilitary Force to Join Peace-Keepers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...and its future is one of the major untested areas of the July 29 accord. Meanwhile, the government of President Junius Jayawardene continues to face problems in the predominantly Sinhalese south. A number of local officials of the ruling party...
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Bush pledges support for Lanka's peace process
Newspaper article from: India Abroad
; ...between the two countries in 18 years, since President Junius Richard Jayawardene was hosted by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Bush endorsed...backed the peace process. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will visit Lanka later this month to give...
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J N Dixit dead.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; ...viceroy" during his tenure in Colombo, he had a tremendous influence with the Government there during late Junius Richard Jayawardene and later Premadasa's time. He was the first Indian High Commissioner to Afghanistan and had also served...
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Bomb Kills up to 150 in Sri Lanka; Government Blames Tamil Rebels for Series of Violent Acts
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...rush hour daily. The explosion came shortly after a National Security Council meeting, chaired by President Junius R. Jayawardene, decided to increase the country's force of paramilitary Home Guards from 12,000 to 20,000 men, Reuter...
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J.R. Jayewardene, a Former President, Is Dead
Newspaper article from: India Abroad
; ...Dead. Former Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene, who invited Indian...Jayewardene on Sept. 17, 1906, Jayawardene received his early education at...revolutionary streak in the young Junius was evident during the tramcar...
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