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...publications in the world to include him on its list of papabile. For years it was a legendary scoop in TIME circles. Jordan recalled last week that the first tip that the next pope might be Wojtyla did not come from on high, but was given to correspondent Roland Flamini by the young owner of a small Catholic book store. But back then, without a press blackout, they could at least run the name by a Cardinal or two. This year, we won't be making predictions in the magazine, but tune in tomorrow on TIME.COM...
...also unhappy with his first concentration, literature: “All we did was read Roland Barthes for all of sophomore year. I then found out how Roland Barthes died. He was run over by a laundry truck because he didn’t look both ways while crossing the street. I decided, I’m not going to have to study his stuff anymore...
Then France's Foreign Minister Roland Dumas delivered a harsh warning to the agency's director general, Amadou Mahtar M'Bow. Dumas said that reforms of the Paris-based organization are "without doubt an indispensable guarantee for the survival of UNESCO. It is now up to the director general to establish a plan and a calendar in order to apply them." The message was significant because France had not only lobbied against U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO late last year but had agreed to contribute an extra $2 million to help make up for the loss of $43 million a year...
...reunite their fighting forces. The Syrians had not stopped the artillery and rocket exchanges that rage sporadically across the line, but for the moment at least they had reduced the prevailing chaos on both sides of the divided city. --By William E. Smith. Reported by Dean Fischer/Cairo and Roland Flamini/Jerusalem
...Roland D. Eavey—a co-author of the study who is an associate professor of otology and laryngology at HMS and director of pediatric otolaryngology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary—said the fact that people are experiencing discomfort but not taking steps to prevent it is very unsettling...