Milestones Mar. 6, 2006

NAMED. SEAN O'MALLEY, 61, and WILLIAM LEVADA, 69, as Cardinals, along with 13 other prelates from around the world; by Pope Benedict XVI, who said he wanted to "reflect the universality of the church"; in Vatican City. O'Malley and Levada, the former bishops of Boston and San Francisco, respectively, played key roles in responding to the clergy abuse scandal.

RESIGNED. LAWRENCE SUMMERS, 51, embattled president of Harvard, following a rebellion by the influential Faculty of Arts and Sciences; in Cambridge, Mass. (see page 64).

JAILED. DAVID IRVING, 67, right-wing British historian; after pleading guilty to denying the Holocaust; by a judge...

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