Word: 500th
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Throughout the villages and cities of Southeast Asia, millions are preparing this week for a celebration that will be a landmark in their lives - the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, founder of a religion followed by perhaps a fifth of the world's population...
...council has been going on for two years in this facsimile of a real cave (where the first council was held in 483 B.C.). The monks' chant will end next week on Visakha, the day of the full moon that denotes the end of the 2,500th year since Buddha died...
India's Prime Minister Nehru recently invited both Lamas to visit New Delhi in May to help celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of Buddha's birth. Last week Nehru ruefully announced that the Lamas could not come. "India in May," Red China had replied, "will be too hot for the Dalai and Panchen Lamas." Besides, the two young rulers were "busy implementing Tibet's constitutional reforms." The Chinese indicated, however, that the Lamas would shortly be allowed to make a trip to cool, cool Moscow, where requests for help can safely be disregarded...
...Opening an exhibition in Rome to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Fra Angelico's death (TIME, May 2), Pope...
...relaxed and relaxing Dave Garroway this week passed his 2,500th hour on the air, topping the endurance record of even durable Howdy Doody (2,080 hours). In the years of Garroway's climb, the medium which now carries his placating gestures into 1,800,000 homes each day, has grown from a timid experiment, originating largely in Chicago, to a giant phenomenon dominating U.S. living rooms from coast to coast. Last week, perhaps in deference to its veteran, the whole industry seemed as relaxed as Garroway...