First Word Archives
First Word: The Top 100!
Dear Reader, It’s Top 100 time again and don’t for a minute think that comedian…
First Word: We Are Now 44.3 Million Strong
Founding publisher Niall O’Dowd. Good news! The 1990 U.S. Census has…
First Word: The Bishops at the Bat
Founding publisher Niall O’Dowd. There are far worse offenses for a…
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First Word: A Point of Principle
As we go to press, the troubles of Nancy Reagan have replaced the Kennedys on the front pages of the tabloids. But boy, did the press have a field-day. A […]
First Word: Birth of a Nation
That Easter Monday, 1916, seventy-five years ago this month, was a sleepy one in Dublin. Most of the sporting set, high society and many common folk had gone to the […]
First Word: Step It Out Mary!
Dublin: The New Year dawned bright as a button in Ireland with the accession to office of the first woman president of the Irish Republic, Mary Robinson. Even the British, […]