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...could become the first black Pope, garnering loads of media attention during the run-up to the 2005 conclave when Ratzinger eventually emerged as Benedict XVI. Earlier this month Arinze, 76, retired from his top Vatican post, which for all intents and purposes ended any likelihood that he will ever be pontiff...
...situational variables" trump empathy: "Participants who were high in empathic concern expressed a reluctance to continue the procedure earlier than did those who were low on this trait. But this early reluctance did not translate into a greater likelihood of refusing to continue. This latter finding fails to support the notion that a lack of empathy explains the high obedience rates in Milgram's studies. Rather, the results again are in line with those who point to the power of situational variables to overcome feelings of reluctance in this situation...
...Amnesty's primary conclusion: "Governments and law enforcement agencies should suspend the use of [Tasers] pending further studies or limit their use to situations where they are immediately necessary to avoid or reduce the likelihood of recourse to firearms. The arbitrary or abusive use of [Tasers] should be punshed as a criminal offense...
Undergraduate Council candidates’ Web sites prominently display the myriad ways that they hope to improve social life on campus. But the likelihood of their proposals actually being enacted is another issue altogether. Of the five tickets running, three feature candidates seem to be in the race for more than just laughs: Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10, Andrea R. Flores ’10 and Kia J. McLeod, and Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H. Y. Wong...
Though the likelihood of rescheduling exams is slim, UC representatives reiterated that the Registrar’s office may face a substantial logistical problem...