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The battle at Mitla Pass: A disaster for all
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What do you say after you've said you're sorry you had to read a
novel? Especially when it's the latest opus by Leon Uris, an author
whose earlier works - particularly Exodus - had such a powerful sense
of authenticity and passion that their impact led me to spend three
months on a kibbutz in Israel nearly 20 years ago.
While I might read Exodus far more critically today, the scales
of youthful romanticism having dropped from my eyes, I had trouble
getting through Uris' newest novel, Mitla Pass (Doubleday, $19.95).
Perhaps that's because it has very little of the "unequaled power and ...
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Tim Pat Coogan's Aran Islands. (Ireland)
Magazine article from: World of Hibernia
; ...mainland." The three Aran Islands are Inis Mhor (pronounced...Inishmoor"), "big island", Inis Meain (pronounced...that size. On these islands it is the little things...glimpse of a currach, the island's traditional tarred...live. The history of Aran is as misty as its climate...There ...
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The Aran Islands: A world of its own
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; ...of passengers to the Aran Islands moved away from...westerly in Europe. The islands form a windswept mini...They are Inis Mor (Big Island), Inis Meain (Middle...almost carbon-neutral island. The Aran Islands are not far from Yeats...stories he heard on the Aran ...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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IRELAND'S REMOTE ARAN ISLANDS STILL IN A WORLD OF THEIR OWN.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...more people. Although the islands are only about six miles from...main village on the biggest island, Inishmore, can seem quite...bed-and-breakfasts in the Aran Islands have television, hot water...radiators in the bedrooms. But the Aran Islands are still a world of...
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Ireland's Aran Islands: Wild beauty and J.M. Synge
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...spent time on the Aran Islands around 1900...locals worry that the islands that inspired Synge...contest scolded the island over Supermac...Gaelic-speaking islands and their haunting...who works for Island Ferries in County...harbor town on the island. The Aran ...
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U.S. Help Sought for Aran Islands Pitch
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice
; ...time ever. It has taken the Aran Islanders 10 years to raise...grandfather hailed from the islands. Charles Donoghue's grandfather...to return. Impressed by the Aran sports ground initiative and...dedicated to the scores of island men and women who lost their...the next three months. An ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Forget Mauritius, Aran Islands are best.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...archaeologicalwonders, the Aran Islands have always...Ireland's favourite islands have received some...as the 11th best island destination in the...ferry rideto the island... a missed opportunity...languages. The Aran Islands are a group of three...Chile, and the island ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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If you go; Bikes, taxis are way to go on Aran Islands.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...James Joyce once described Aran as "the holy island that sleeps like a great shark...sound as if there is only one Aran, when in fact there are three...are abundant and cheap. The islands are a bastion of the Gaelic...surprisingly, all this makes the Aran Islands a popular summer ...
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Jig your way through Ireland's Aran Islands.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...HERALD) INISHMORE, ARAN ISLANDS, IRELAND...three sparsely populated Aran Islands (the others are Inishmaan...ceilidh not far from the island's main village at...day trips to the other islands from Inishmore. Dun...Flaherty runs the Aran Fisherman, one of the island's ...
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Time stands still - Yesteryears linger on in Ireland's Aran Islands.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; ...stepping stones" known as the Aran Islands. Sitting in the Atlantic...until the early 1970s. The islands' isolation sustained age...and that's part of the Aran attraction. Paths fringed...limited, head to the "big island" of Inishmore, which has...walls testify to the sinew of Aran ...
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Irish magic on the windy Aran Islands
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...across the mouth of Galway Bay. The Aran Islands - the rocky, arid, windlashed...Riders to the Sea," home of Aran Island sweaters. Heavy weather, not an...the infinitely varied patterns of Aran sweaters are said to have evolved...
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