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With the Cardinals still behind locked doors, Vaticanologists could only guess at how a long shot like Luciani had been thrust so suddenly into the most power ful position in Christendom, the leadership of the world's 700 million Roman Catholics. When Paul died at his summer villa in Castel Gandolfo three weeks ago, there seemed to be a front rank of about half a dozen contending Cardinals, a second echelon of another six or so, and a dozen or more dark horses. Not until about a week before the conclave convened did the Patriarch of Venice begin to emerge...
...that transatlantic camaraderie had everything going against it, including the barrier of a common language. G.I.'s were startled to hear their girl friends complain that they had been "knocked up" (awakened) during the night. "Say, Honey, what do you do about sex over here?" inquired a hope ful Yank in County Antrim. "Oh," said the girl, "we do be havin' our tea about that time...
...consultant also criticized the RSKU project, under the direction of Harold L. Goyette, director of the Planning Office, as "very was ful." "No one at Harvard, including Goyette, has any experience in planning a whole university campus," the source said...
...second best. But this is usually the case in humor collections: the author is always made to look as if he is playing Can You Top This? with himself. Pieces that look good in the casual format of a weekly magazine are rudely upstaged by the hand ful that are very good...
...Shams an Israeli sergeant had trouble getting the flag down off the pole. Under the gaze of Northern Command General Raphael ("Ra-ful") Eitan he shimmied up to the top of the mast while the armor, paratroop and infantry formation stood at attention, fixed the tangled halyard, and then, to the roll of a drum, brought down the Star of David. Murmured an Israeli liaison officer, "Seems we can put up flags faster than we can take them down." During the brief withdrawal ceremony, Eitan addressed the men. "This hill is a symbol both for us and for the Syrians...