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...cubs in a Nuremberg zoo, who were presumably eaten by their inexperienced mother, Vilma, after zookeepers decided not to intervene. Then on Wednesday, a fresh round of photographs and videos revealed that a third cub at the same zoo had been "rescued" by zookeepers after another mother, Vera, showed signs of rejecting her offspring. "Sweet, sweeter, sweetest!" cooed the daily, Die Welt over photos of the still nameless rescued cub, who was born five weeks ago. The decision to intervene came after the death of the two other cubs triggered a broader debate in Germany about the ethics of allowing...
...case of the second mother bear, Vera, was different, Encke explained. She was seen pacing nervously, throwing her cub outside the cave and trying to bury it. She appeared to grow more agitated when a group of photographers arrived. "We were 100% sure that the baby was going to die if we didn't take it away from her," Encke said. "This would have been a death verdict...
...mission to directly serve the Pontiff, and has been dubbed the "Pope's cavalry," engendering suspicion in the past of conspiracies and secret powers. Even Popes, including John Paul II, have criticized them for their apparent autonomy. "Yes, we are in the vanguard of the Church," says Jose de Vera, head spokesman for the order. "It is not our job to just repeat the catechism, but to do research. Sometimes looking for real truth, you can step over the line." Just last year, the Vatican's doctrinal office issued a "Notification" to Spanish Jesuit scholar Jon Sobrino, a proponent...
Several years ago, noted baritone and TIME subscriber Robert Goulet wrote a fan letter--on gold-embossed stationery--to my friend and fellow writer Joel Stein. Soon after, a trip to Las Vegas was booked, with Joel graciously bringing me along to dine with Robert and his wife Vera beneath Picassos at the Bellagio. There were stories about Richard Burton and Ed Sullivan, choruses of Camelot and a few empty bottles. More Goulet dinners followed, each one unforgettable in its own way. Robert was famous for almost 50 years. He got the best tables and told great stories about people...
...Sharon Stone running an errand in appliqué pants. It is insane). This is not to say that Miss Stone doesn’t look great sometimes. Sometimes she makes some fantastic choices, like the time she wore her husband’s Gap shirt with a Vera Wang skirt to the Oscars, or the time she wore a beautiful gold sheath to an AmFar benefit. This makes the crazy pants or the black dress she wore that had 3-D butterflies sewn onto it all the more shocking. Because she is just so extreme! Sometimes you think...