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...Still, it has been plainly evident over the past four days of Benedict's first foreign voyage that this is a very different Pope. The mood at a Saturday evening vigil and this Sunday morning closing Mass was warm, both amongst fellow pilgrims from dozens of countries-and toward their new leader maximus. Still, it will take time for Benedict to fully capture the imagination of the faithful. John Mertes, a 33-year-old lay youth minister from Mary, Mother of Church in Burnsville, Minnesota said that "John Paul is a tough act to follow." Observing Benedict in Cologne, Mertes...
...close encounter with a grizzly bear in a bad mood is a terrifying thing. The monstrous beasts can weigh in at nearly 900 lbs. and stand more than 9 ft. tall when they rear up on their hind legs, brandishing their 5-in. claws. And unlike many wild animals, grizzlies are not more afraid of you than you are of them. Unless you're carrying a powerful gun when you meet one, there's a reasonable chance you will end up as lunch--as anyone seeing Werner Herzog's new documentary, Grizzly Man, will learn in particularly gruesome fashion...
...nonstop witty, a real charmer, but his charm has a teasing, Cheshire-cat quality, as if his whole personality were just a game he plays with other people. "O.K., this is the first interview of the day," he muses out loud. "What kind of mood am I in? Am I going to, like, tell some stories?" After he offers me his assessment of the menu, he fixes me with a quizzical stare. "Do you believe me? Really? Even after reading my book...
...mood in the room, according to someone briefed about the session later, was one of resignation and, at least on Fu's part, some disappointment. He had pursued Unocal zealously since late last year. Just days before the meeting in Beijing, TIME has learned, his investment bankers were still pushing him to up the ante, in hope of knocking Chevron out of the game. Fu, backed by his board, demurred. The potentially historic merger?"one that everyone involved with would have told their grandkids about had it come off," says one board member?had become, as an adviser...
...Chevron after its CEO, David O'Reilly, had sweetened his offer. On August 10, Unocal's shareholders were to choose between the two suitors. Rather than increase his bid, as his bankers urged, Fu folded. By the end of the August 4 meeting with his board in Beijing, the mood had lightened somewhat. "You got the sense that we were at least beginning to look at this whole episode in a slightly different way," says one participant. Already, there is speculation in the markets about who else the Chinese company might target for an acquisition. As he licked his wounds...