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...undeclared leaders of opposing theological camps battling for the soul of the Church. Like Ratzinger's backers, Martini fans once hoped their man might succeed John Paul. Still today, as when they were Cardinal colleagues, most note a mutual Ratzinger-Martini respect, based largely on their shared scholarly heft. In fact, most believe that Martini - who received a sizeable number of votes in the early conclave balloting in 2005 - ultimately urged his progressive allies to support Ratzinger...
...It’s a Mexican style lucha libre” he says, pleased to reveal himself a wrestling aficionado. “I wear it for, frankly, the in your face aspect….I like to back up what I say, like to have some heft behind it. It was confrontational. I’m proud of where I’m from…and,” he adds with a laugh, “I really like pro wrestling...
...could try to lend this piece some heft by confecting a lofty theory - say, on the lure of stories about families in turmoil who live in haunted houses and are visited by strangers who change the families' lives. But this time, I'll get straight to the assessments. For me, Mary Poppins worked, at a level higher than efficient and just this side of splendid. The pleasures of Grey Gardens are more mixed. It boasts a glorious performance by Christine Ebersole as both mother and daughter (I'll explain later), and Best Support by Mary Louise Wilson, in a smart...
...critics say some of this success is due not to globalization but to the local political clout these large firms wield, yielding favorable government treatment--everything from default forgiveness on bank loans to airbrushing competition regulations. Their heft makes them effective bullies. After Fox took office in 2000, promising a new era, several younger Cemex execs decided to take him at his word and struck out on their own, competing against their former employer by importing cheaper cement from Russia. Their boat got tied up in every port, and after months of harassment, they took their business to Africa. Oligopolistic...
...government’s financial heft affords it a unique position to place low-income nations on universities’ radar screens. On Sept. 29, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced a bill that would require federally funded universities to make the drugs developed from their discoveries available to poor countries at a low cost...