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The needle game The young girl nervously smiles at me, trying to figure out what is going on inside. “Do you know how they go about doing it?” She asks, hoping to hear something reassuring...		The Pope and I While images of the new Pope, so richly draped, oozing dignity and with a half smile on his lips, continue to appear on our TV screens, I happily recall the time...
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