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Feldstein and other economics professors said that the decision to leave Ec 10 was strictly his own, and described the change in leadership as a fortuitous coincidence of his own wish to lighten his workload and Mankiw’s return to Harvard...
Despite his physical frailties brought on by Parkinson's disease, his collaborators say John Paul, 84, is mentally alert and capable of making big calls on the direction of the Roman Catholic Church. But even the most steadfast Vatican loyalists concede that a substantial chunk of his workload has been delegated to top subordinates in Rome. A senior Vatican official told TIME, "Things that the Pope would have handled personally in the past are more and more being entrusted to aides." Some duties, such as signing major encyclicals and apostolic letters, cannot be handed off to others. But Vatican insiders...
...officials say John Paul is still mentally alert and capable of making the big decisions. And the Pope insists on appearing as often as possible in public. But even the most steadfast loyalists concede that his failing health has forced the Pope to delegate a substantial chunk of his workload. "He's still the head of the church," says one priest based in Rome who is well-connected to top Vatican officials. "But he's more of a figurehead. He's not making the day-to-day decisions anymore." That, according to one senior Vatican official, poses risks. "There...
...grazer typically arrives in the dining hall at 5 p.m. and moves from table to table over the next three hours as his friends, acquaintances and total strangers slowly but surely abandon him. The grazer will spend much of the meal with his mouth ajar, cursing his excessive workload, and may grow angry if you interrupt his tirade. He is later spotted hovering over the cream cheese at Brain Break...
...University of California, San Diego, analyzed more than 130,000 fatal prescription-drug poisonings and found that they spiked during the first few days of each month--when government assistance checks arrive in the mail. Part of the blame, say the study's authors, may be the increased workload--and higher error rates--as patients flock to their pharmacies...