O'Neill

[ oh-neel ]

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Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel Prize 1936.
Thomas P(hilip) Tip, 1912–1994, U.S. politician: congressman 1953–87; speaker of the House 1977–87.

O'Neill

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O'NeillEugene (Gladstone)18881953MUSTHEATRE: dramatist Eugene ( Gladstone ). 1888–1953, US dramatist. His works, which are notable for their emotional power and psychological analysis, include Desire under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning becomes Elektra (1931), Long Day's Journey into Night (1941), and The Iceman Cometh (1946): Nobel prize for literature 1936

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Prof O'Neill - who previously told Holyrood's education committee as many as 700 posts might have to go - said a number of steps still needed to be completed for the new proposals to work.

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First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said it was a "huge honour" to be at Pope Francis' funeral, representing "all those people at home who looked towards him for spiritual leadership".

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O'Neill said she was "proud" to attend the funeral "paying her respects on behalf of everyone at home who cherished his leadership and looked to him as a spiritual and moral guide".

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But, Sinn Féin's First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, defended her party colleague, insisting it was the right decision and "no one has anything to fear from the Irish language."

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Aidan O'Neill KC, representing For Women Scotland, argues for a "common sense" meaning of the words man and woman, telling the court that sex is an "immutable biological state".

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