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	Dublin
		Dublin Bay Dublin Bay is the expanse of the Dun Laoghaire in the south.
		Lord Mayor of Dublin The Mansion House The Mansion House, on Dawson Street, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor...
		Southside (Dublin) The Southside is the area bounded to the north by the Dublin 4 typifies the Southside.
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	History - U. S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The American Embassy in Dublin is a concrete expression of the close relationship between Ireland and the United States.
		Upon entering the building, the eye of the visitor is dramatically led upward to glass walls at the top of the rotunda.
		The construction of the building was begun in 1962 by C. Crampton, Ltd., of Dublin and was completed in May, 1964.
	dublin.usembassy.gov /ireland/about.html (600 words)

	Dublin Suburban Hotels - Traveling Around Ireland with Patricia Tunison Preston
		The Dublin suburbs have a lot to offer — be pampered at a genuine castle hotel or stately manor or enjoy views of Dublin Bay.
		Located in Dublin's Ballsbridge area next to the Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds (RDS), even the building is a stunner, incorporating the brick façade of a 19th century Masonic orphan girls' school, along with a modern wing of guestrooms and air-conditioned public areas.
		Situated opposite the American Embassy in Ballsbridge, this large glass-domed property is really two 5-star hotels in one - a main building with 300 modern guest rooms and an exclusive "Towers" wing (a hotel within a hotel) with 94 concierge-style over-sized rooms (tel.
	www.ireland-withpatpreston.com /dublin-suburban-hotels.htm (1491 words)

	The Identity Crisis Of the American Embassy
		His rationale was that "happy hour" was a time for embassy personnel and their guests to unwind and that the lobby area was ideal for this purpose.
		Buildings that proclaim a nation's identity to the world should not be so misunderstood.
		Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum is designing embassies for Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam to replace buildings destroyed by terrorist bombs, and RTKL is designing one for Kampala, where existing conditions are described as "pathetic." Both firms are developing the sites as garden compounds, using landscaping to soften the impact of high-security architecture.
	www.afsa.org /fsj/jun00/loeffler.cfm (3488 words)

	Political Violence Against Americans: 1999
		Rock-throwing youths attacked the car of an American Embassy member during a protest march sponsored by the Government of Chad to condemn the reported pullout of Shell and ELF from the pipeline consortium.
		The Americans, of the Pacific Cultural Conservation group, were abducted by guerrillas on a road between the towns of Cubara and Saravena in the department of Arauca.
		On December 19, 1999, the U.S. Embassy was the target of a boisterous demonstration in which protesters left graffiti and paint-balloon damage on the chancery building facade and the perimeter fencing.
	www.state.gov /m/ds/rls/rpt/23133.htm (14234 words)

	Metropolis Insites: Permanent Ambassadors
		Many of the individual buildings were well known (some, like Edward Durrell Stone's 1957 embassy in New Delhi, were overexposed from the first sketch), but until Loeffler's 1990 article, no one had tried to paint the bigger picture.
		All buildings come into being at the behest of such influences, but here the situation is extreme: architects and the politicians who directed them had to balance programmatic, symbolic, functional, budgetary, and public opinion concerns for multiple audiences in the United States and each host country.
		At any one point, several noisy groups--from the State Department to congressional committees to embassy workers and the American electorate--considered themselves to be the principal clients for embassy buildings, adding layers of confusion to the process and grist for Loeffler's narrative.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0898/aug98amb.htm (894 words)

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		Since embassies had originally functioned as ambassadorial residences, it is no surprise that the first projects resembled grand houses.
		The classically styled building has a symmetrical plan with a courtyard and is centrally located on the Place de la Concorde.
		The building is notable for its tapered columns, raised base, dramatic open staircase, and louvers of local mahogany.
	www.nbm.org /blueprints/fall96/page6/page6.htm (1720 words)

	contents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Johansen in consultation with Irish architect Michael Scott, the building was commissioned by the State Department in 1956, begun in 1962, and completed in 1964 for $1 million.
		Although some critics praised the embassy, members of congress were displeased with its unusual design.
		One congressman called it a "modernistic mausoleum," and another said it resembled "a pile of flap jacks with a pat of butter on top." Controversy over the embassy was a significant factor in Congress's decision to block funds for the State Department's foreign building program in 1959.
	www.nbm.org /blueprints/winter97/page11/page11.htm (189 words)

	Bombing Of US Embassies In Africa-MSGs
		This parking lot, which was sandwiched in between a 60 story bank building and a smaller bank building, was also the entrance into the underground garage for the embassy.
		Inside the embassy, people heard the explosion and reportedly got up to look out of their windows when at 10:40 am, a truck filled with explosives crashed into the rear wall of the embassy adjacent to the underground garage, and exploded.
		the embassy collapsed onto the chancery's emergency generator, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into the basement of the embassy.The diesel fuel ignited and smoke and fire were billowing throughout the embassy.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/dickg/embassymarines1.html (2118 words)

	American College Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The agreement confirms that American College Dublin has established procedures for quality assurance for the purpose of improving and further maintaining the quality of education and training, and that these procedures have been agreed with the Council of the Higher Education and Training Awards Council on 15 March 2005.
		On Wednesday, 10 th March a photo—shoot was held in the Oscar Wilde House, American College Dublin to record the visit of a group of Lynn University students attending an academic study tour in Dublin.
		The Lord Mayor of Dublin met with the Executives of American College Dublin and some of the students who are studying at the College as part of the Semester Abroad Programme.
	www.amcd.ie /oscarwildehouse/newsandinfo.html (5850 words)

	History of Formal Education
		The building of the Mosque of Cordoba began in 785.
		A permanent American Indian school was established in 1720 at Williamsburg, VA. English Grammar by an American, was published in 1724, and American Arithmetic was published in 1729.
		In the 1996 position paper of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union, technology and distance education are denounced as a threat to the education profession.
	www.dyscalculia.org /HUM501.html (12181 words)

	Financial Assistance - U. S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		American Citizens who find themselves without adequate funds during their stay in Ireland should contact family or friends who may be able to assist.
		To send money via American Express the depositor must present cash or bank draft for the amount required to the American Express office plus a fee of $35 to send up to $300, $40 to send up to $500 or $150 to send up to $10,000.
		Neither the Embassy of the United States nor the U.S. Department of State are in any way responsible for direct transactions outside Department of State channels.
	dublin.usembassy.gov /ireland/assistance.html (612 words)

	American Embassy building, Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Embassy of the United States in Dublin, Ireland was designed by American architect John M. Johansen, in consultation with Irish architect Michael Scott.
		It was constructed between 1962 and 1964 on a triangular site at Elgin road, Ballsbridge, Dublin.
		Circular in plan, it incorporates modern interpretations of early Celtic monuments with contemporary American design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Embassy_building,_Dublin (126 words)

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	Irish guide Ireland tourist information Dublin
		Nutley Building, Merrion Square, Nutley Lane, Dublin 4
		Dublin has three morning papers: The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, and the Star and 1 evening paper: The Evening Herald.
		Tourist Information Dublin guide - We are delighted to offer you a superb selection of the top Dublin tourist attractions and places to visit including Castles, Museums, Art Galleries, Stately Homes, Zoos and Theme Parks.
	www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk /information.htm (252 words)

	American Embassy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over $70,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August!
		American Embassy may refer to any one of a number of embassies maintained by the United States.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Embassy (106 words)

	INSIDE BOOKS (Charles Templeton Memoir) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		By North American standards, their radio and television studios are antiquated and fusty, and some of the feigned upper-class accents get close to precious, but everything was accomplished in that oddly fumbling British way that is somehow marvelously efficient.
		Despite the benefits that flowed from the system, it tended to encourage mediocrity and hypocrisy: the mediocre, whose films lacked the professionalism needed to attract a distributor; the hypocritical, who disguised their Canadian locations with such shoddy devices as the faking of street signs and settings to suggest exotic locales.
		In the early years of American television Coe was the producer of Playhouse 90, and he had gone on to produce films and Broadway plays.
	www.templetons.com /charles/memoir/chap10.html (9818 words)

	Roxford Lodge Hotel - Dublin
		Follow directions to Dublin City Centre, you will be driving on the N11, continuing past the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) on your left until you pass a white circular building - the American Embassy.
		Roxford Lodge Hotel is situated in the heart of Ballsbridge, one of Dublin’s most fashionable and exclusive areas.
		This elegant Victorian townhouse is only a short stroll from the bustling centre of cosmopolitan Dublin, and the city’s main tourist attractions, cultural and business centres.
	www.roxfordlodge.ie /location.shtml (365 words)

	Camelot lives on the emerald isle - Irish Architectural News [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
		Laced with nuclear peril, it was the period of the grand design, fashion in high places driven by the energy of youth.
		Forty years on, if you had to choose one building to sum up that period in American history, one of the top contenders would be found, not in the United States, but on the other side of the Atlantic.
		John M Johansen's American embassy in Dublin was one of the most controversial buildings of the time, but it has come to symbolise the golden age of American architecture.
	www.irish-architecture.com /news/2001/000218.htm (194 words)

	European Union - Polish Embassy in Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The building of the European identity is not possible in opposition to the
		In my view, such an instrument shall stimulate further progress in building market economy, and should be combined with gradual, mutual and symmetric opening of the markets of the EU and these two countries.
		It should be supported by enhancing the role of the EU representations in third countries (without prejudice to bilateral diplomatic embassies of the member states) and ensuring a synergy between the EU CFSP and external relations services.
	www.polishembassy.ie /EU.htm (11547 words)

	:: Lansdowne Hotel Dublin Ireland ::
		From Dun Laoghaire Ferry Port: Follow directions to Dublin City Centre continuing past the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) on your left until you pass a white circular building - the American Embassy.
		From the Airport: On leaving Dublin Airport follow signposts for N1/M1 motorway to the city centre.
		From Dublin's Central Bus Station: Bus Aras follow signposts for O'Connell Street to get the No. 10 Bus.
	www.lansdownehotel.ie /contact.htm (436 words)

	Linux.ie :: An American In Dublin
		Though my practical side argued that it was in fact a real place with real people, and no, they probably did not actually all wear green all the time like my relatives swore they did, it was difficult not to have unrealistic ideas.
		I didn't fall into my usual American role of designated driver, as we were within staggering distance of the hotel, but it was still fun, and there was zero pressure to drink if I didn't want to.
		I'd accumulated a pocket full of Euro change by this point and rather wanted to get rid of it, so when a random homeless guy on the sidewalk offered to do a magic trick for pennies I gave him the whole pocketful (probably only about three Euro or so, but wow was he happy).
	www.linux.ie /community/americanindublin.php (5081 words)

	US Embassy vigil report - National Miscellaneous - Indymedia Ireland
		This was the first time (I'm told!) that there has been a vigil or protest outside the US Embassy in Ireland about the School of the Americas...
		though I learnt today also that the imposing fence around the embassy was erected to keep nuns and others from protesting at the steps of the building about America's involvement in the 1989 University of Central America Massacre in El Salvador.
		From 5pm until about 7.30pm there was a small group of people in front of the embassy with placards and a colourful banner (from the Latin American Solidary Centre) who gathered in solidarity with the peace campaigners on trial in America today for resisting the SOA.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?id=7732 (476 words)

	Timeline 1800-1810
		American envoys sent to France were originally instructed to buy only the port city of New Orleans and were astonished when Napoleon, abandoning plans for an American empire, offered them all of Louisiana.
		Latrobe was chiefly responsible for introducing the Greek Revival in the U.S. His Bank of Pennsylvania building in Philadelphia was the first Greek building in the country and was characteristic of his free adaptation of ancient precedent and vaulted construction.
		Sacagawea, the young Native American girl who aided the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was of the Lemhi Shoshones, who made their home in what is now southeastern Idaho and southwestern Montana.
	timelines.ws /1800_1810.HTML (14511 words)

	Why America's choice is good for Ireland - U. S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland
		On November 2nd, the American people spoke out in greater numbers than they have in four decades and re-elected George W. Bush as their President.
		Thanks to a very close election in 2000, and the intricacies of our electoral college system, there was a lack of clarity for many people about our choice of president, but that issue has now been swept away.
		This time around, the American people gave their president a clear mandate to continue with the strong leadership he has shown both at home and abroad.
	usembassy.state.gov /ireland/amb_oped.html (1108 words)

	Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Am (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization
		American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
		Americans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions
	education.music.us /Am.htm (210 words)

	Fairplay for Palestine - Vigil at Israeli Embassy - Dublin Rights and Freedoms - Indymedia Ireland
		Dublin and be forthcoming with a reponse that demands
		In speaking of the need to lift the restrictions against Vanunu, Ellsberg stated, "At the time of the American revolution, when we freed ourselves from the British empire, we didn't retain any of their laws and regulations.
		In contrast, Israeli Jews building in East Jerusalem settlements are allowed to build with a floor space as much as 200% of the land.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=69125 (3676 words)

	Tattoos.Com Ezine
		All day thousands of people queued outside the American Embassy in Dublin to sign a book of condolence and to show their solidarity with the American people.
		Lynn Anne rushed home to Brooklyn, within minutes, and watched the fall of steel from the roof of her building, which has an unobstructed view and is about 1.5 miles east of Ground Zero.
		I did feel the impact of the plane hitting the building but I thought someone had dropped a large piece of equipment since they are renovating the building.
	www.tattoos.com /sep11.html (5957 words)

	American Werewolf in Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tom Friedman agrues that all the little changes since 9/11 may have a lasting effect on America's DNA.
		I too was in London recently, and almost wanted to cry when I saw the US embassy.
		It's a barricaded fort, in the middle of a very upmarket area in the principle city of our principle world ally.
	dublinwerewolf.blogspot.com (1994 words)

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