41.   Officials of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, tried to deflect blame for the action, saying the breakdown increased the complications surrounding guerrilla disarmament.

42.   Officials of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, responded immediately that one British policeman could not be trusted to investigate honestly the operations of another.

43.   One day, while driving, he saw Francis Mackey, leader of the political wing of the group that carried out the bombing.

44.   One surprise was the surge by the Sinn Fein party, long regarded as the political wing of the Irish Republican Army.

45.   Perceptions also were on the mind of Mary Clifford of Little Falls, N.J., a supporter of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army.

46.   Political wing of the Ulster Freedom Fighters and Ulster Defense Association, the largest Protestant loyalist paramilitary organization.

47.   Protestant leaders say the IRA must start to disarm before its political wing, Sinn Fein, can fully take part in the new body.

48.   Political analysts said the movement was split into a militant faction that spurns compromise with the Indonesian government, and a political wing that is open to negotiation.

49.   Refuses to meet with Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army.

50.   President Clinton met Gerry Adams, leader of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, at a luncheon in the Capitol Thursday.