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...told Tosatti he was reaching. "I hadn't even considered it before your question," he said. Though he has already said that he plans to issue far fewer documents than his predecessor, one might expect a future Benedict encyclical to address emerging questions in the field of bioethics, a topic he's raised several times in public remarks since his election last April. The old caricature of the "panzer cardinal" may indeed be fading, but the Pope's opponents will no doubt have their chances to rejoin the doctrinal battles anew...
...Ford Motor Co. is getting teased by his brother-in-law about his ineptitude on the dance floor. Turning to a reporter, Bill owns up to it. "You don't want to see that," the Ford scion says with a laugh. But he gets serious when the topic turns to his day job and what lies just around the corner for his employees: a sweeping restructuring that will bring tens of thousands of layoffs. "Honestly, I don't worry about myself," he says. "I mean, I can screw up my life, and it doesn't really matter"--a fair observation...
...VERACITY OF MEMOIR IS A HOT TOPIC, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DOUBTS ABOUT JAMES FREY'S A MILLION LITTLE PIECES (OPRAH'S PREVIOUS SELECTION). I don't want to speak of that controversy. I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful...
Brokeback Mountain, a western about two cowboys, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), and the convulsive, frustrating, 20-year love affair they endure, has quickly become the favorite topic of every late-night TV host. Jay Leno imagined Clint Eastwood and John Wayne as gay caballeros. Jon Stewart displayed a doctored Brokeback poster with Senators Ted Stevens and Robert Byrd. Letterman's website invited fans to submit their own "Top 10 Rejected Titles for Brokeback Mountain." (Among the winners: Oklahomo, Little Bathhouse on the Prairie and The Good, the Bad and the Fabulous!) Jack's plaintive cry to Ennis...
...after this article was published, John Longbrake, a spokesman for Summers, issued the following statement: "FAS and the central administration continue to have discussions regarding the future uses of Massachusetts Hall. There has not been a sale of Massachusetts Hall as reported in the Crimson. Discussions on this topic will continue to focus on what the College thinks is in the best interests of the students as well as administrative considerations...