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...monster of a cold that will be kicking your ass for the next week.PregameEver wonder what the “game” in pregame originally refers to? Instead of a sketchy party at the Delphic, the true “game” is a rowdy football contest. The goal of the pregame, however, remains the same: getting that good buzz going. Skip the girly drinks on game day, and get some Captain in your veins to enhance your performance as a fan. Beer, shots, Jack and Coke, or even Grandpa’s old cough syrup will also...
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, seeking a record fifth consecutive mayoral term, commandingly won a high-turnout preliminary contest last night and will now face City Councilor Michael F. Flaherty Jr. in November’s final election...
...It’s very good for democracy to have a contested mayoral contest,” said former City Councilor Lawrence S. DiCara ’71, who continues to follow Boston politics closely. “Because we’ve had arguably two viable candidates and one gadfly [in addition to Menino], people have focused on this race over the summer. It’s the first time that’s happened since...
...audacity of Zelaya's gambit, it's still far from certain that he can win the larger contest: getting the coupsters to accept a negotiated settlement that would let him finish the four remaining months of his term. Calling himself "the President legitimately elected by the Honduran people," Zelaya said, "We're hoping Honduras now returns to calm." (See pictures of violence during protests in Honduras...
...unshakable Chirac supporter and longtime Elysée chief of staff, de Villepin shared his mentor's hatred of Sarkozy, who in 1994 dropped nearly 20 years of filial devotion to Chirac to back an unexpected presidential run by a rival conservative politician. Chirac won that contest - and promptly sent Sarkozy into political exile until 2002, when law-and-order hard-liner Sarkozy was tapped for a key Interior Ministry post. But neither Chirac nor de Villepin ever forgave Sarkozy...