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Still, despite his attempts to apologize and sort out the conflicts, the positive reputation he tried to establish in Washington was quickly gutted and his “bull in a china-shop” image—an epithet first uttered by West on a radio talk show—was firmly established...
While de la Durantaye recognizes that being a hipster can sometimes be useful, he rejects the epithet for himself...
While de la Durantaye recognizes that being a hipster can sometimes be useful, he rejects the epithet for himself...
...personally acquainted with, I resent very much the statement made by Mr. Bleecker in which he calls the former a "pug." I do not doubt Mr. Bleecker's right to describe the Spanish pugilist as he sees fit but he certainly does not know Senor Uzcudun in using the epithet "pug." Mr. Paulino Uzcudun is a gentleman and a man of culture and refinement, as different in his manners from our common American fighters as night and day. The American public does not know the Spanish fighter. They are guided in their opinions by such types of individuals...
...Ratzinger, the chief architect of Pope John Paul II's traditionalist moral policy, has long been a bugaboo for liberal Catholics. But they had stopped worrying that the German might one day ascend to St. Peter's throne. His hard-line views and blunt approach had earned him the epithet of panzerkardinal and too many enemies. Well, their worrying may now resume. Sources in Rome tell TIME that Ratzinger has re-emerged as the top papal candidate within the Vatican hierarchy, joining other front runners such as Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan and Claudio Hummes of S??o Paolo. "The Ratzinger...