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...people, who will inevitably judge him against the standard of his imposing predecessor, friend and boss. This small, unassuming white-haired figure who we will now and forever know as Benedict XVI told the piazza this evening that he was just a "simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord." Now he must begin to fill the role of pastor, of leader of the flock, a shepherd who can move the faithful and cast his own large shadow across this grand piazza, this blessed city, and a turbulent world outside...
...sold 142,000 copies and spent 42 weeks on the best-seller list--is his most difficult book but also his funniest. Herzog is an academic in the midst of a nervous breakdown: his wife has left him, he wanders aimlessly from New York City to Martha's Vineyard to Chicago and finally to his ramshackle farmhouse in the Berkshires, composing letters in his head to girlfriends and ex-wives, Heidegger and Willie Sutton, the living and the dead. His last letter is to himself. "This strange organization, I know it will die. And inside--something, something, happiness ... 'Thou movest...
Through Mr. Condon, negotiations progressed satisfactorily to Col. Lindbergh up to the time that "Jafsie" turned over $50,000 to the supposed kidnapping representative. The man informed him that the baby was safe aboard a boat moored off Gayhead. at the southern tip of Martha's Vineyard. Two trips to that locality convinced Col. Lindbergh that his child was not there. It was then that the serial numbers of the 5,150 bills, in $5, $10 and $20 denominations, which made up the ransom were broadcast through the Treasury Department. In Greenwich, Conn., New York City and, last week...
...pleasant trip any time of year, but the late fall and early winter are the only times you can experience this gustatory extravagance. Even if you have never eaten a truffle, don't be intimidated. Everyone has a first time. Why not make yours while on vacation in these vineyard-laced hills...
...DIFFICULTY This producer, along with neighbors like Amisfield and Carrick, is part of a group of small but acclaimed Bannockburn wineries, situated about 45 minutes outside Queenstown. Mt. Difficulty, tel: (64-3) 445 3445, is particularly known for its single-vineyard wines, and offers samples in a caf? with dramatic views of the area's old gold mines. Its award-winning Pinot Noirs are listed at mtdifficulty.co.nz...