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...well out of E.U. membership, should vote against the treaty. All their political leaders bar Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams, and all the mainstream newspapers, called for a yes. But Ireland's voters reacted against the establishment telling them what to do by giving it a kicking. A slick no campaign played on fears that the treaty would lead to higher taxes (untrue) and deprive Ireland of its right to appoint an E.U. commissioner (true). The yes campaign failed to provide good reasons for supporting a document that promised mere technical changes to E.U. institutions...
There had been some nervousness among the messengers before the contest. They would be on the same race track as professional cyclists who are used to biking long distances on a set course without stopping; some of those have even qualified for the Tour de France. The pros had slick helmets, fancy bikes and numbers pinned onto the backs of their shirts. The professional men's category consisted of 45 laps around the track, and onlookers gathered on front stoops as the cyclists flew by in a streak of color and a gust of wind...
...another year and I'll produce a rap album," he says self-assuredly, adding that the reason rock and rap haven't been officially successful is because Iranians prefer pop music. "Iranians are instinctively drawn to emotionality in music," he says, leaning back in the executive armchair of his slick black-walled record company...
...slick efficiency of the Campaign and the apparent certainty that it will reach its mark is slightly disconcerting. But it doesn’t have to be that way if Harvard lives up to the responsibility its enormous wealth and fundraising success bring...
...York governor pardons rapper SLICK RICK...