Word: confidante
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"The Pope's youth wasn't happy," says Father Joseph Vandrisse, a former French missionary in the Middle East who now covers the Vatican for the French daily Le Figaro. Wojtyla lost his mother when he was nine, his father when he was 21, and his only brother, a doctor...
Yet, says Navarro, the papal spokesman and confidant: "If you say, 'Holy Father, did you enjoy your lunch?' he will say yes. But if you ask him what he just ate, he couldn't tell you." John Paul is often too engrossed in talk and thought to pay attention to...
"I feel confidant that it's just a matter of time," says Associate Vice President James S. Hoyte '65, who is assistant to the president for affirmative action. "In general I think there's fairness in the process."
Chairman Mao Tsetung, the architect and chief engineer of Communist China, had a randy, raunchy side, according to his doctor and confidant. Physician Li Zhisui writes in his 663-page memoir, "The Private Life of Chairman Mao," that the iconic leader was a decadent, selfish cutthroat who enjoyed nightly massages...
"Dear Mr. President: I am resigning today ... " With these by now familiar words another Whitewater casualty (and Clinton confidant) left the Administration. Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman's position had become politically untenable after Democrats as well as Republicans accused him of misleading Congress about his contacts with the White...