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...fallen. And over time Benedict found his office's public aspect an increasingly comfortable fit. His smile offset the famous dark circles beneath his eyes. Eventually he was tolerating such photo ops as a public cell-phone conversation with an ailing nun and the donning of a fire fighter's hat. "He'll never be a celebrity," says a Vatican official who has worked closely with Ratzinger. "But he seems more joyful and sure of himself." Ratzinger's brother was once worried that the job might harm his health. On the contrary, asserts Walter Cardinal Kaspar, a fellow German...
...really a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to allow us to look at sculpted bodies and watch pretty planes zoom by while things blow up. Lt. Purcell, Lt. Ben Gannon (Lucas), and Lt. Kara Wade (Biel) are the three U.S. Navy pilots chosen to fly highly advanced Stealth fighter jets—I know, this ragtag bunch just screams “elite.” But the drama heats up when a fourth unit, “Edi,” an artificially intelligent, unmanned combat aerial vehicle, joins the team...
...everybody that willpower matters,? says Giorgio Andretta, a Charlotte, N.C. bicycle importer who traveled to the Champs-Elys?es to catch Armstrong?s last win. And his home state of Texas will elect a governor next year. ?Never say never,? Armstrong told TIME about his political ambitions. ?I?m a fighter, and I do have certain beliefs. I don?t think I?m truly cut out for it, but if people want it in ten years, who knows?? Ten Tour de Frances, or Senator Armstrong in ten years? If we have to settle for elections, his greatest wins may still...
...think it's an easy way to make a huge amount of money--that's for sure," says Lucas, 34, who stars in Stealth (opening this Friday). The film is Top Gun meets 2001: A Space Odyssey, and his main co-star is a computer-controlled fighter plane with a mind...
...Thaksin is nothing if not a fighter, and last week he came out swinging on both the security and economic fronts. Following a series of bombings Thursday in the southern town of Yala that killed two people, Thaksin issued an executive decree giving himself the power to order arrests without warrants, ban arms possession, declare curfews and censor news reports. "We have to be decisive now," he said. Earlier in the week, the Prime Minister showered various sectors with pecuniary perks, including a 5% civil-service pay hike, a tax cut for businesses, $500 million in loans for rural villages...