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...Under assault from its traditional base as never before, Sinn Fein is struggling to prevent a further slide. Party leader Gerry Adams' approval rating has plummeted in the Irish Republic by 21 points since October, from 51% to 30%; Sinn Fein's figures have dipped, too, from 12% to 9%. At Sinn Fein's annual conference on Saturday, Adams said the McCartney murder is "a huge issue for us," adding that "as president of Sinn Fein or as an individual, I could not campaign for the victims of British or unionist paramilitary thuggery if I was not as clear...
...eight enrollees. "I'm sure you're all experts at flooring the accelerator," says Matt Mullins, one of the instructors, "but how many of you are used to flooring the brake pedal?" No hands go up, and Mullins proceeds to illustrate how to recover from a spinout, slide through a curve, aim for the apex in a corner and accelerate out. Geared up with helmets, we head out to the skid pad, then move on to a lesson in heel-toe technique: gunning the throttle while braking and downshifting (don't try this at home). After lunch...
After that win, however, Harvard dropped five of six games heading into winter vacation, a lengthy slide that sent the team’s record hurtling toward .500 and threatened the squad’s playoff aspirations...
...slide-ruling Sy Hershes at MIT’s student paper, The Tech, led their Feb. 8 installment of mediocrity with the blockbusting headline, “Police Broke Up AEPi Party, Found Alcohol.” Holy fuck, Mr. Woodward! Still, Gadfly is well aware that even our beloved Crimson is but the flawed work of mortals. So we’re hard at work on an expose for next week’s issue: “HUPD BREAKS UP SPEE PARTY, FINDS ASSHOLES...
...features lanes lit by neon blue squares and tiny red lights. You won’t have to miss a basketball game when there are projection screens in sight. For a short break, follow the lanterns to the old school Pac Man and pinball machines. After a few games, slide into a dark, romantic booth at deVille, the attached restaurant, where you and your honey can enoy sirloin ($19) or a Guinness Float ($7). Want a souvenir? Buy a Kings t-shirt or a Von Dutch bowling...