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...Overall, the new batch of Cardinals continues John Paul's geographical mix and stern line on doctrine. Benedict's first consistory is also notable for its dimensions, with far fewer Cardinals than was John Paul's custom. Some believe Pope Ratzinger may choose smaller, more regular (perhaps annual) consistories to keep the College of Cardinals consistently close to the 120 limit. It also would be a chance for regular encounters with all his men in red hats. Benedict may be a Pope not only eager to choose Cardinals, but work with them as well...
...advantage. They know they have to change. From the vantage point of Italy, Chinese firms may seem to have enormous cost advantages. But none in Anji think sustained economic growth can be built on price alone. Wang Yongqi, a gym teacher who started making chairs in 2000, surveys a batch of leather-sheathed dining chairs bound for Spain and sighs. "Our materials are getting more expensive," he says, "and we need more workers, but unless we can improve our designs, we can't raise prices. Otherwise our clients will go to Vietnam or other parts of China." Chairs...
...women’s center. Breezing past the cushy couches, the big screen television, and the office space complete with a speedy wireless network, she strides into the state-of-the-art kitchen, equipped with ovens to serve any baking need. But rather than whip up a batch of gooey homemade chocolate-chip cookies, she brazenly hurls her brassiere into the oven. The kitchen smells not of delightful baked goods, but of burning nylon...
...from her. She’s past 40, and she’s past cute-but-hackneyed material like this as well. It’s why they ended “Sex and the City” before the girls got pre-menopausal. The flick also creates a batch of likeable secondary characters—including Tripp’s BFFs (Bradley Cooper, “Wedding Crashers” and Justin Bartha, “National Treasure”) and Paula’s slightly unhinged roommate (indie darling Zooey Deschanel of “The Good Girl?...
...first full season last year (he fought his way into the lineup after shoulder surgery in 2004). Just recently, he was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship to research religion in Northern India for a year. He has planned trips to Dharamsala and Benares. The batch of letters that he recently received from the Yankees, the Reds, and the Phillies poses an intriguing, if trying, dilemma.Not bad for a one-time Ivy League tryout.“You know, he’s just one of those guys,” Walsh says. “He?...