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Sarah Lyall |
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Sarah Lambert Lyall is an American-born English journalist, who currently works as London correspondent for The New York Times.
Lyall is a graduate of Philips Exeter Academy, class of 1981 and of Yale University. Lyall has been married to the author Robert McCrum since 1995. They reside in London with their children.
In March 2011, the New York Times and Lyall were embarrassed, when an article said that the new Irish Prime Minister was female. The Article which was attributed to Lyall said "The only thing that makes this highly embarrassing mistake (slightly) less embarrassing, at least from my perspective, is that it was not in fact committed by me.I sent Mr Kenny to New York as a 'Mr'; an editor there seems to have randomly and unilaterally assigned him a new gender. We've now fixed it. I really apologise" The incident received widespread publicity.... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question - — LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain's Supreme Court last week were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself. — Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide? — On the surface, the court … |
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Britons Weary of Surveillance in Minor Cases - — POOLE, England — It has become commonplace to call Britain a “surveillance society,” a place where security cameras lurk at every corner, giant databases keep track of intimate personal details and the government has extraordinary powers to intrude into citizens' lives. |
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Health Care in Britain: Expat Goes for a Checkup - — LONDON — There are times when, viewed from afar, American political discourse looks like nothing more than a huge brawl conducted by noisy, ill-informed polemicists. This is one of them, as Britain found last week when the renowned … |
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