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...persisted that he was more seriously ill than either hospital or Vatican officials were willing to admit. In a prerecorded television address to the International Eucharistic Conference in Lourdes last month, John Paul appeared as a wan reflection of his former robust self. Hunched over a table, his face pale and his hands trembling, he explained that "God has permitted that at present I myself, in my own body, experience suffering and weakness...
...ocean liner QE 2 glides past the World Trade Center: elegant horizontal meeting towering verticals. The late afternoon sun lends pale, reflected fire, while the rest of the sky fills up with lowering clouds. How fortunate that Photographer George Forss, 40, happened to be there with his camera when all this happened. More fortunate still, Forss sells 11-in. by 14-in. copies of this photograph, exquisitely printed and carefully matted, for only...
...bound for the huge open ground of the Horse Guards Parade for the annual ceremony of the Trooping the Color in honor of the monarch's official birthday. Suddenly, as millions of television viewers looked on, six shots rang out. The Queen's horse reared. She looked pale and shaken as she fought to control him, turning back to see whether Prince Philip and Prince Charles were all right. But none of the shots found a mark-all were blanks. The Queen, quickly recovering her poise, continued on her way, smiling at the crowds and at Prince Philip...
...pale yellow sands There's a pair of clasped hands And an eyeball entangled with string, And a plate of raw meat, And a bicycle seat, And a Thing that is hardly a thing...
Ages are to be compared not by numbers but by the best in them. And the best souls in our age pale before the best souls in the past. The decay of respect for the past, the decay of respect for authority, the decay of the notion of the classics -these are the banes...