Word: frail
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...supply, magician DAVID BLAINE finally emerged last week from the Plexiglas box in which he had dangled above the banks of the Thames River for 44 days. Blaine said he staged the public endurance test to display "the ultimate work of art ... human suffering." Upon exiting his box, the frail showman burst into tears. Blaine, who had lost nearly 60 lbs., was rushed to a hospital and given nutritional drinks before being allowed his first solid food, a handful of potato chips. Doctors say it may take months before the illusionist fully recovers from his weeks of deprivation. His starvation...
...only is it considered impolitic to campaign for the papacy, it is also against Vatican law. The Roman Catholic Church bars elector Cardinals (those under 80) from talking publicly about the matter. Still, as a frail John Paul II celebrated the 25th anniversary of his papacy last week, a quiet campaign for the post seems well under way, and an early--and active--front runner is the Archbishop of Milan, Dionigi Tettamanzi. His transfer a year ago from the helm of the Genoa Archdiocese to the world's largest one, in Milan, was akin to winning a party's nomination...
...sold their home in Connecticut, invited all their friends to a grand farewell shindig and set out for Portland, Ore., where they found a home less than 10 miles from their son, daughter-in-law and infant granddaughter. "We didn't want to wait until we were frail, until we needed our children. We wanted to move while we could baby-sit, go to the zoo with them, have them over for dinner once in a while," says Linda...
...only is it considered impolitic to campaign for the papacy, it is also against Vatican law. The church bars elector Cardinals (those under 80) even from talking publicly about the matter. Still, as a frail John Paul celebrated the 25th anniversary of his papacy last week, a quiet campaign for the post is well under way, and an early - and active - front-runner is the Archbishop of Milan, Dionigi Tettamanzi. His transfer a year ago from the helm of the Genoa Archdiocese to the world's largest one, in Milan, was akin to winning a party nomination...
...branch at 2:40, waited in line and presented a teller with a note demanding $250,000. Another note, found later in his car, reportedly instructed him to deliver the money to three locations. Police say they are comparing the note with Wells' handwriting. But Tupek says, "Brian was frail. If someone grabbed him and put that thing on him, he wouldn't put up a fight...