| 释义 |
Noraid orig. U.S.|ˈnɔːreɪd|
Also NORAID.
[Shortened f. Irish Northern Aid Committee.]
An organization whose principal purpose is to raise funds for Northern Irish Republican causes among sympathizers in the U.S. Also attrib.
[1971N.Y. Times 20 Oct. 8/1 The Times of London..quoted Toomas Enright of the United States-based Irish Northern Aid Committee as denying that the arms shipped on the Queen Elizabeth 2 came from the committee.] 1974G. FitzGerald in Irish Times 28 Sept. 8/4 A tiny minority of Irish Americans..has been misled into subscribing on a significant scale to I.R.A. front organisations like Noraid. 1976Economist 10 Jan. 52 Mr. Wilson estimated that 85% of the IRA's arms come from the United States, and held the Irish Northern Aid Committee (Noraid) largely responsible. 1979N.Y. Times 24 Sept. b4/3 These officials regard Noraid as the I.R.A.'s best-organized and most fervent ally in the United States. 1982Government & Opposition XVII. 149 There is little doubt that many of the contributors to Noraid's funds were under the misapprehension that the money was solely being used for the welfare of Republican prisoners' families. 1983Guardian 8 Aug. 11/2 Noraid..is thought to have sent almost {pstlg}2 million to the province over the past 10 years. 1984Newsweek 27 Aug. 49/2 In New York NORAID director Michael Flannery said ‘It was a plus for us.’ 1986Washington Post 26 Jan. (Book World) 9/1 This is a novel with a thesis, and one that will not endear Benedict Kiely to the supporters of NORAID—or of Ian Paisley. |