Each of them was intimately aware of the procedure for elec… - Dan Simmons

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Each of them was intimately aware of the procedure for electing a pope—not only of the antiquated mechanisms, of course, but of the politicking, pressuring, deal-making, bluffing, and outright blackmail that had often accompanied the process over the centuries.

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Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer.

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When? I said.
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