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...years into his papacy, Benedict XVI may be about to reclaim his reputation as a no-holds-barred traditionalist. Thanks to Benedict's thoughtful manner, Church progressives had believed that the man who was once the hard-line Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger would cut some slack on areas of doctrinal contention - using his intellectual heft and traditional credentials as necessary cover. But as Benedict turns 80 on April 16 and marks two years as Pope on April 19, the once hopeful progressives have all but given up their fantasy of Benedict the Reformer...
...result, campaign finance reforms just shift money around. So, when “soft” money was banned by the 2002 McCain-Feingold reform, candidates raised more “hard” money, and 527s (such as the Swift Boat Veterans) picked up the remaining slack...
...Sophomore skipper Roberta Steele and sophomore crew Lauren Brants picked up the slack as best as they could in the remaining 11 races, leading the Crimson to an eighth-place finish in A-division...
...It’s the beginning of March, the beginning of spring, and the beginning of Cambridge’s slow transition from the land of permanent darkness to a place where the sun sets after 4 p.m. On account of this, I find it the perfect day to slack off from my workaholic load and enjoy the loafing. Anyone’s welcome to join me. No fishing rods are required...
...beds, often will not work overnight shifts because the neighborhood is unsafe. At night, Shuwetij usually hears the sound of gunfire close by, and mortars have fallen near the hospital grounds. Shuwetij, who's been a surgeon at the hospital for the last 14 years, picks up the slack on the night shifts along with his wife, another doctor at the hospital. The two have turned one of hospital's side rooms into a tiny bedroom. They stay on overnight at the hospital five or six nights a week, taking only the occasional break to stay with family elsewhere...