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From its inception, the paper had a clear political agenda. A list of nine goals constituted its guiding principles and formed the bedrock of its official platform. These were conceived by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, who founded the paper at his...
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BURNS, AP National Security Writer | WASHINGTON The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned. ...
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A portrait of Scottish national poet Robert Burns, hangs in his house in Dumfries, January 19, 2012. Having stolen a march on a complacent British political establishment last year by winning an overall majority in Scotland's devolved parliament,... View Photo »
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We want people to feel that this gallery belongs to them, because it’s about them and there are ways to link to the past. We’re still about Mary, Queen of Scots and Robert Burns, but we’re also about the people of Scotland today.
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"Sadly, Britt Ekland is no longer working behind the bar, but the visitors to the bar partake in a lot less sacrifice than seen in the film, making it a popular local venue." Last year, the director of The Wicker Man praised the work of Robert Burns...
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Their votes effectively swung the balance in favour of the Union, leading Robert Burns to famously declare: Were bought and sold for English gold, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! Many of their descendants are still leading figures in the...
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Organisers of the Brighten Scotland contest nominated gates surrounding the iconic Robert Burns statue in the town’s Fountain Gardens for the chance to win a metal makeover. But judges decided a sculpture outside Kilmarnock’s Foregate car park was a...
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And, of course, our Flaxman sculpture of Robert Burns is still dead ahead. We couldn’t move him.
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Weird News: Bard beheaded: Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous Kiwis pinch Robert Burns' head from statue
The Daily Record
Bard beheaded: Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous Kiwis pinch Robert Burns' head from statue Feb 9 2012 YOBS have beheaded a statue of Robert Burns in New Zealand. Vandals targeted the memorial to the Scottish bard in the town of Timaru, South Island. Now...
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About Robert Burns
Wikipedia
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the... Full Article
