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☆ How Ireland Fell Out of Love With Joe Biden - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Una Mullally | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
If there’s one thing Irish people know about President Biden, it’s that he’s one of us. “Today you are amongst friends because you are one of us,” the speaker of Parliament announced before Mr. Biden addressed Irish lawmakers. When Mr. Biden referred to the Irish rugby team beating “the Black and Tans” — the notoriously brutal 1920s police force — as opposed to the All Blacks, as New Zealand’s rugby team is known, the gaffe became an instant, affectionate meme. By the end of the trip, it was official: Mr. Biden loves Ireland, and Ireland loves Mr. Biden. Mr. Biden, as the leader of Israel’s closest ally and chief military supplier, was seen to be enabling the devastation.
Persons: Biden, it’s, ”, “, Seamus Heaney, —, Mr, Israel’s Organizations: Mr, Irish rugby, Blacks, New Zealand’s rugby, Ireland, Irish, European Union Locations: Ireland, Irish, Gaza
☆ Opinion | The Ogre Gorging on America
  + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
If you can imagine the lobby bar of the Manchester Marriott as an Anglo-Saxon mead hall, I can explain how it felt to cover the New Hampshire primary. I will need the help of the late Seamus Heaney, who described what it was like to be quaffing in Heorot Hall while Grendel lurked and swooped through the frost-stiffened north. In his lyrical translation of “Beowulf,” Heaney described Grendel as “the terror-monger,” the “captain of evil” and “the dread of the land.”He wrote that the fiend “ruled in defiance of right” and was “malignant by nature, he never showed remorse.”
Persons: Seamus Heaney, Grendel lurked, ” Heaney, Grendel, ” Organizations: Manchester Marriott Locations: Hampshire, Heorot
☆ Jill Biden Tells National Student Poets That Poetry Feeds a Hungry Human Spirit
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden paid tribute to the power of poetry as she honored the 2023 class of National Student Poets on Monday at the White House, saying poetry “feeds our spirit." Political Cartoons View All 1244 ImagesThe poets receive scholarships and serve as literary ambassadors, bringing poetry to their communities through service projects, poetry readings, workshops and other opportunities. Jill Biden said she hoped the students would remember the experience of visiting the White House. She also hosted last year's class of National Student Poets. “And I hope you know that President Biden, the vice president, the second gentleman and I see you, we hear you, and we’re counting on you to keep going.
Persons: — Jill Biden, ”, Gabriella Miranda, Kallan McKinney, Hou, St, Louis, Miles Hardingwood, Jacqueline Flores, Fort, Joe Biden, Seamus Heaney, William Butler Yeats, Jill Biden, “, Biden Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Student Locations: United States, Salt Lake City, Norman , Oklahoma, New York City, Fort Meade , Florida
☆ Opinion | How Should We Teach Kids to Read?
  + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Those letter patterns were words I already knew but had never read. From that day to this I read everything, from the label on the back of a ketchup bottle to Seamus Heaney’s poetry. Patricia McLainOlympia, Wash.To the Editor:Understanding the history of the English language is essential to understanding how to teach reading. We, the teachers, must recognize the history of our spelling system in order to teach reading. There is no one way to teach an American child that “seen” and “scene” are pronounced the same, but “seen” and “been” are not.
☆ Crab Cakes, Gochujang and Irish Poetry: Biden’s State Dinner With South Korea
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
WASHINGTON — Visiting foreign leaders often go for flattery when addressing the president at a state dinner. But President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea went straight for President Biden’s weak spot on Wednesday night, quoting Irish sayings at the beginning and end of his toast at a lavish state dinner at the White House. Mr. Yoon thanked Mr. Biden and then quoted the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, a presidential favorite who makes rather frequent guest appearances in Biden speeches. “Behavior that’s admired is the path to power among people everywhere,” Mr. Yoon said. Mr. Biden honored Mr. Yoon with only the second state dinner of his presidency, with Jill Biden treating their guests to a classic American menu with a Korean flair.
☆ Biden heads to Northern Ireland at delicate political juncture
  + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Conor Humphries | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
BELFAST, April 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed there. Biden was expected to meet representatives from five Northern Irish parties in advance of his speech at Ulster University but was not planning to pressure them, a senior administration official said. Biden, who will float the possibility of closer investment ties between the U.S. and Northern Ireland to try to encourage an end to the impasse, clashed with the British government at times during the Brexit talks, drawing a rebuke from the DUP. Britain's MI5 intelligence agency recently increased the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to "severe" - meaning an attack is highly likely. "Since (Jonh F.) Kennedy there hasn't been as Irish American a president as Joe Biden and we're really looking forward to welcoming him home," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday.
☆ Elton John set to perform at the White House on Friday
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Elton John performs as he returns to complete his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour since it was postponed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan BachmanWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host British rocker Elton John for a performance on Friday at the White House, according to a press release. The "Tiny Dancer" and "Crocodile Rock" hit maker, 75, will headline an event where Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are also set to speak, the White House said on Tuesday. John previously performed at the White House during the Clinton administration in 1998. White House workers were setting up staging on Tuesday while cooks, technicians and other professionals got tests for COVID-19 in preparation for the event.
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