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...consulted astrologers and believed that the heavens influenced political events. Although he championed dissimulation, he was incapable of it: he refused to flatter fools and regularly mouthed off to superiors. He understood suffering, once urging his son to release a mule from its halter so that it might "regain its own way of life." And he inspired not fear, but affection. During his long trips abroad, friends wrote him letters professing that they were "seized by a marvelous desire" to see him, and reporting that his highly strung wife couldn't bear their separation: "Good Lord, there...
...doubt Benedict is playing to his strengths. And he may still be trying to regain his footing after his most ambitious attempt at jumping into the global debate ? his speech in Regensberg, Germany, last year about faith, reason and violence in contemporary Islam - largely backfired. Indeed, many in the Vatican were pleased that this trip to Austria came off with little controversy...
...grant Musharraf another waiver that would allow him to rule in uniform. Bhutto has made the deal conditional on Musharraf quitting the military, but the dictator may be reluctant to surrender what remains the principal source of his authority. The military, however, while losing the presidency, would stand to regain popular support that has been eroded because of Musharraf's ham-fisted attempts to stay in power over the past few years...
...political scandals; control of the upper house of parliament; and 40 approval rating percentage points. Now, in an attempt to right his ailing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prepare for a tumultuous fall Diet session, Abe has reshuffled his cabinet, bringing in a host of veteran politicians to regain voter confidence...
...that's changing. With the help of some fancy new prosthetics, a cutting-edge subset of veterinary surgeons is learning how to transform lifeless pieces of metal and plastic into working feet, legs, tails, and even (nonworking) dog testicles. The animals regain the ability to live like healthy creatures, something the surgeons find rewarding enough. More important, what the doctors learn as they put the critters back together could help the medical community work similar magic on humans. That's progress that couldn't come at a better time. There are currently about 1.9 million amputees living...