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...simply a matter of law. "In Italian territory, under Italian jurisdiction, Italian law is being clearly violated," says Bordon. "You can say the speed limit on the highway is not right. But if you break it, the police are going to stop you. Even if you're an ambassador." But what if you're the Pope...
...smackdown, leaving O'Neill embarrassed and Whitman downright humiliated. Bush consoled her with an invitation to Camp David last weekend, shortly after she issued a wan statement declaring her own about-face on the issue. But European leaders who had accepted her assurances were furious, sources tell TIME. British Ambassador Christopher Meyer complained to Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis Libby. And Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson, in a call with Bush on Friday, wanted to know whether he was going to take global warming seriously...
...tenure, some papabili are prolific authors. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini's commentary on the Gospel of Mark is currently making the rounds and Cardinal Dionigi Tettemanzi published the 650-page New Christian Bioethics last year. A little strategic globe hopping may help too. Ray Flynn, the former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, believes that to rank the papabili it's important to "get their frequent-flyer reports." A lifelong Catholic, Flynn is both idealistic and realistic about the undeclared campaign for Pope. "It's the Holy Spirit, but you have to have your bumper stickers ready," he says...
...Celebrities already lined up include an eclectic mix ranging from Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner, Halle Berry and Jennifer Jason Leigh to Jon Voight, Priscilla Presley, Forrest Whitaker, Martin Landau and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Throw in such disparate names as pop group Hanson and George W. Bush's ambassador in Hollywood, Bo Derek, and you have an eclectic mix of celebrities to turn most heads. And with all those people to network with, that's why very few people in Hollywood will remember who won the Oscars by Monday morning...
...while I may be disgusted with the pardons, I am not surprised. Until we clean up our system, why not put applicants for pardons in the same category as other favor seekers in government, the one that includes people who make big donations to become an ambassador? That way we would not be hypocrites. We would just be recognizing it is politics as usual. STEWART PERRY Wayzata, Minn...