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NEWT GINGRICH RETURNED FROM HIS Thanksgiving break not refreshed but chastened. Over the holiday, he had worried aloud with his wife and grown children about what he had done to himself and the Republicans. His plan to balance the budget was a month behind schedule. He had thrown a childish fit about his treatment aboard Air Force One, then connected a grisly triple murder in suburban Chicago to "the welfare state." His popularity had been dropping, taking his party's down with it. On Monday he announced he would not run for President...
...would grow disenchanted. "All the members [had gone] home," says a House Republican leader, "and heard the same thing: 'Keep it up, don't back down and tell Newt to shut up.'" So, on Wednesday, Gingrich went before a closed session of the House Republicans and said he had "thrown one too many interceptions" and that he intended to "sit on the bench for a while...
...merely going through some "growing pains," the league is in the midst of a crisis that may reduce it to a television sport played in boutique stadiums in smaller markets. Luxury boxes and personal-seat licenses (the fee patrons must pay for the right to buy season tickets) have thrown loyalty and history for a loss--unless you're a fan who longs for the N.F.L. days of the Staten Island Stapletons and Decatur Staleys. Consider that if the Chicago Bears (who actually began in Decatur, Illinois) move to Gary, Indiana, as they're threatening to, the N.F.L. will have...
...thrown in a 10 by 20-foot jail cell with five other prisoners...
...quick diving primer. Diving events make up three of the 22 categories in an intercollegiate swimming competition. The one-meter dive, three-meter dive, and the 10-meter dive are each evaluated by judges for artistic merit and degree of difficulty. After the highest and lowest marks are thrown out (no need to worry about that nasty East German judge), a composite score is calculated for each diver based on the above criteria and the competitor with the highest total wins the event, thereby earning points for his or her team...