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...when Ratzinger's longtime personal secretary, Monsignor Josef Clemens, was appointed to a top position in another Vatican office, Gänswein stepped into the role of Ratzinger's right-hand man. It was not expected to be a particularly long assignment, as the Cardinal planned to return to his private studies in Germany after the conclusion of the papacy of the ailing John Paul II. Of course, fate had other plans, and when Ratzinger became Benedict XVI, Gänswein moved with him across St. Peter's Square to the office next to the new pontiff in the Apostolic Palace...
Only Knowles’ closest friends knew that his return would likely be his last gift to the institution that he had given nearly half his life. He had already been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and in April 2007, abruptly resigned as his health began to fail...
...lost his sparring partner in April 2007, but Knowles assured the Faculty that he would return speedily...
...takes away our liquor-filled pacifier. Rather than hurl accusations of depraved indifference and malice at our superiors, however, we ought to relish in our crime. That old prep school watchword, “don’t get caught,” can at last make its triumphant return to Harvard’s campus...
...Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker told reporters that the government's initiative in Basra had been a positive development, but also admitted that "gains here [in Iraq] are fragile." He said Maliki was "pretty sober" on his return from Basra, and was "not coming back in any kind of triumphal spirit...