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...more incident beyond John Paul's control burnished his aura as someone of more than religious prominence and, indeed, beyond mankind's lower passions. On May 13, 1981, during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square, shots rang out, and he toppled back, his white cassock stained red. Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish rightist and a murderer who had earlier written a letter threatening to kill John Paul, was trying to follow through. The bullet passed within millimeters of a major artery and within inches of several vital organs. "Mary, my mother," John Paul gasped as he collapsed. Doctors...
...think a lot of the concerns that the faculty has brought up rang true with the students, mostly that Harvard is too often run like a corporation instead of a school,” he said. “A lot of students feel that President Summers is out of touch with their needs...
...overseas chefs reacting to Singapore's fusion backlash? Michelin-starred chef Vineet Bhatia, of London's modern Indian restaurant Rasoi Vineet Bhatia, was shocked when he flew in to be guest-chef for a week at local haute Indian restaurant Rang Mahal. "To call something fusion in Singapore is taboo," he says, "because people think it is bastardized food." Culinary faddists be warned: if Singapore's chefs are any indication, you'd best send back that salmon tikka pizza and get your nose out of the lemongrass lobster bisque...
...phone rang, and this man was on the other line,” says FM Chair Jannie S. Tsuei ’06. “He introduced himself as Louie and talked on and on and on about how he was losing business and how he was really at the end of his rope...
...that sloppy advice and in some cases neglect continue to hurt asylum seekers' chances. One detainee now entering his sixth year at Baxter was assured by his migration agent that she would submit key evidence to the tribunal before a decision on his case was made. When a friend rang to check on the case, she was told that the agent had failed to file the evidence and was no longer with the firm. The tribunal rejected the man's claim; he is now waiting in detention for a court appeal. "We hear about them all the time," says Ngareta...