Word: slews
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...President's absence resulted in a slew of no-shows at the luncheon, but GOP functionaries were still sanguine about the day's events. "You never judge by the number of people," saidPeter Berlandi of the party finance committee."You judge by the amount of money...
Both Brown and the mayor have admitted as much, citing harsh budgetary constraints, the absence of tough federal gun-control laws and the slew of social ills that are at the core of urban warfare. "People know that I'm not responsible for the crime rate," says Dinkins. "They know that crime is directly attributable to drug addiction." The mayor may well be right. But Dinkins' statements strike many New Yorkers as a dismaying confession that government has no remedy for the mayhem that has made toddlers unsafe in their own homes...
Those with anything but the strongest leftist leanings are bound to be unsettled by some aspect of the store's political agenda (particularly its recent affinity for the Intifada). But surrounded by a slew of "mainstream" bookstores, Revolution Books offers something truly unique in the Square, and is worth...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is a play for the cogniscenti, and those who have not read Hamlet and Beckett and a slew of other playwrights might not appreciate the humor and good performances in this production. But those who enjoy spoofs on the canon will love this bizarre amalgamation that has returned, successfully, to Leverett House...
Bonifaz and others said students were angry about a slew of recent 5-4 high court decisions, which marked a major shift in the court's posture towards personal liberties and civil rights. Among the cases they cited were Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which allowed greater restriction of abortion rights, and Patterson v. McClean Credit Union, which limited the scope of the 1866 Civil Rights...