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Just as the archdiocese of Boston was contemplating filing for bankruptcy last week to cope with the estimated 450 civil sex-abuse suits against it, two top Vatican officials were pointing fingers elsewhere. German Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, perhaps the most powerful policymaker in Rome besides the Pope, told a Catholic news wire that the U.S. sex-abuse scandal was an "intentional, manipulated...desire to discredit the church" by the media. The conservative Ratzinger offered a virtual Vatican seal of approval for recent comments by two Latin American Cardinals--each considered possible papal successors--who also blamed the pedophilia crisis...
When Stella McCartney quit Chloé in the spring of 2001, the fashion world wondered how the label would cope with the loss of her celebrity. A good deal of her personal fame - she's Beatle Paul's daughter, hangs out with people like Madonna and is a high-profile antifur campaigner - had rubbed off on the French fashion house. Her successor and friend, Phoebe Philo, was regarded as a talented designer, but she was not exactly a household name. The fashion world loves nothing better than a catfight; speculation immediately began about a competition between the two women...
Orfield also noted that Hehir demonstrated administrative skill when he helped HDS cope with an embarrassing scandal three years...
...Those willing to spend the extra cash today will have to cope with a thorny question: Which type to buy, plasma or lcd? Plasma displays employ thousands of tiny glass chambers filled with a mix of gasses that light up when electrically charged. Plasma screens dominate the larger size ranges; they produce sharper colors than lcds and can be viewed more clearly from an angle. But they have a short life span?only about five years, says O'Donovan...
...couple of accidents, one of which required surgery to repair torn cartilage, didn't help matters. Ten years ago, Nun, who stands 6 ft. 4 in. and weighs 345 lbs., adopted some of Brandt's exercise routines and resolved to lose weight. (One of the most effective ways to cope with sitting for long stretches, he found, was to warm up his legs with a series of leg raises before standing.) Now Nun's knees act up only when he's not moving. "I'd say I've been able to control it," he says. "And I know...