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Pope John Paul II has, among many other things, the world's bully-est pulpit. Few of his predecessors over the past 2,000 years have spoken from it as often and as forcefully as he. When he talks, it is not only to his flock of nearly a billion; he expects the world to listen. And the flock and the world listen, not always liking what they hear. This year he cast the net of his message wider than ever: Crossing the Threshold of Hope, his meditations on topics ranging from the existence of God to the mistreatment...
...party of fiscal responsibility. Until then, they will have to get used to being the outs in the city they ran from the inside for so long. Stunned Democratic committee staff members who used to feel like kings feel more now like ghosts at parties where the lobbyists flock to the Republican staff members. "The Redskins tickets, the lunch and dinner invitations," one of them laments. "All gone...
...departure of such a distinguished scientist signals a dramatic change: the brain drain that has enriched the West with tens of thousands of Asia's best and brightest minds has begun to flow in the opposite direction. The Yuan T. Lees of tomorrow still flock to elite North American and European universities for advanced degrees, but more and more they are seeking employment in Asia, where opportunities to pursue careers in research are expanding almost as fast as sales of designer clothes and cellular phones...
Geffen and Spielberg are famous and extremely rich, and investors would flock to a company they wanted to start up (this one will require about $2 billion in capital), but Katzenberg was the catalyst. As Spielberg said of his pal's fondness for perilous vacation trips, "Jeffrey wanted to go whitewater rafting and took us with...
...Mount Auburn Street and visitors in search of JFK, and your mornings offering them (now hung-over but still confused) directions to the T. For amusement, however, you'll have the fun of watching some Crimson Key guide try to explain the empty bottles littering the Yard to a flock of minicam-toting parents...