Benedict XVI will be known as "pope emeritus" and will retain the honorific "His Holiness" after he abdicates on Thursday, Vatican official say.

BBC: Benedict XVI to be known as 'pope emeritus'

We have seen what can happen when a weak regulatory agency abdicates its scientific responsibility and when Congress abdicates its responsibility for appointing leaders to critical positions.

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Most well-educated Indians have moved off reservation land, leaving an ill-educated and poverty-stricken group that too easily abdicates control to the few remaining members who know how to pull the right levers.

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