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...spots in the Church hierarchy: Martini to Milan in 1979 as Archbishop of Europe's largest diocese, and Ratzinger to Rome in 1981 as head of the Vatican's doctrinal office. Over the years, the two soft-spoken Cardinals became seen as intellectual and institutional titans, practically alter egos, and the undeclared leaders of opposing theological camps battling for the soul of the Church. Like Ratzinger's backers, Martini fans once hoped their man might succeed John Paul. Still today, as when they were Cardinal colleagues, most note a mutual Ratzinger-Martini respect, based largely on their shared scholarly heft...
...educated, more productive population if it is to defuse its demographic time bomb. Japan's working population is projected to decline from 66 million to 55 million by 2035. This year the first of Japan's 7 million baby boomers will hit retirement age. If nothing is done to alter the equation, a shrinking supply of workers will struggle to support a growing number of retirees, while Japan's national debt means the government may be unable to provide a strong safety net. "People have lost confidence in the pension system," says Diet member Kono, who connects this fear...
...North Americans.” Their celebration is short-lived, though; a “critical failure” occurs and an aberrational gravitational field pulls the band into a psychedelically animated warp zone of fun. Dropping them off in a room filled with autumn foliage and motionless alter egos of the band members, the video reaches its logically illogical conclusion. At first annoying, then perhaps amusing, the video is ultimately pretty funny. The low-budget effects and cute visual jokes (like a carefully placed DFA Records moon flag) attest to the band’s self-parodying vibe...
...second consecutive week, the Cambridge City Council broke into fierce debate over one councillor’s request to alter the membership of its Neighborhood Safety Committee, a task force charged with addressing crime problems following a rise in robberies and assaults during the summer of 2006. However, much of the furor surrounded the Cambridge Chronicle, a local newspaper that has recently published several editorials criticizing the management of Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 in forming the Committee. During last week’s meeting, Councillor E. Denise Simmons put forth a resolution that would have increased...
...fact, the U.S. officials seemed to be putting more pressure on the Iraqi government of Shi'a Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to alter its relatively warm opinion of Iran. Still, inspite of U.S. fears that the predominantly Shi'a government of Iraq is more than partial to Shi'a Iran, the briefing shed little light on which groups in highly factionalized Iraq - within the government or associated with the country's dominant Shi'a political parties - were cooperating with Iran and using the imported EFPs. The intelligence analyst at the briefing said there was no involvement by the Iraqi...