Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agreed in our own minds before the conclave that we needed to go back to a humble, pastoral man, although we did not really consult each other about it. And then, when we went in, it became clear to us that this was what we wanted." The third consensus, in the words of still another participant, was that the new Pope be "not obvious, and not controversial...
...third ballot, at 4:30-after a traditional Roman siesta-Luciani burst to the fore, falling just short of a majority. "At that point," Luciani explained later with a smile, "it began to get dangerous for me." Cardinals Willebrands of The Netherlands and Ribeiro of Portugal, sitting on either side of him, leaned toward him. Whispered one: "Courage. If the Lord gives a burden, he also gives the strength to carry it." Whispered the other: "The whole world prays for the new Pope...
Though the Pope underscored "collegiality" (power-sharing in the church), he is no ecclesiastical democrat. After the third international Synod of Bishops in 1971 he scolded those who say that body is a parliament. "The fathers are not a legislative or decision-making assembly," he said, "but rather a consultative one for the Pope." Last year he said, "Christ himself- and not the grass roots - confers authority on the Pope and the bishops, also specifying in what way to exercise...
...Remarked Belgium's Cardinal Suenens: "People will ask, 'Is he John or is he Paul?' He will be both in his own way. His manner is more John's, but it is like mixing oxygen and hydrogen - you get water, two different elements producing a third substance...
...When his third war broke out in Korea, MacArthur was 70, but he took vigorous charge of United Nations forces. He engineered the Inchon landings behind the enemy's lines, one of the most startlingly successful maneuvers of all time. He then recklessly and arrogantly pressed his luck. Despite repeated warning signs from Peking, he pushed U.S. troops up to the Manchurian border. Massed Chinese soldiers intervened and drove U.N. troops into a bitter winter retreat. The war was needlessly widened at the very moment that victory was in sight...