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...5th century there lived in China a great painter named Chang Seng-yu, who one day finished a mural of four white dragons without eyes. When observers protested the omission, Chang pointed out that to give such fierce dragons sight might be dangerous. His critics persisted; Chang gave in and painted eyes on two of the dragons. "At once," the story goes, "the air became filled with thunder and lightning, the wall broke down, and the dragons ascended on clouds to heaven. But the two other dragons who had no eyes remained in their places...
...such aides as French General Pierre Koenig, German Admiral Friedrich Ruge (Rommel's sometime naval attache), and dozens of American officers. Drawing on his resources, Darryl Zanuck has also called in 22 ships from the U.S. Sixth Fleet, the ist Airborne Battle Group of the U.S. 5°5th Infantry, and the ist Battle Group of the U.S. 6th Infantry (authorized by the Department of Defense). A direct telephone line to the Army groups' headquarters in Germany is kept open in case they are needed in Berlin...
...5th century Bishop of Hippo and founder of the Augustinian philosophy, but the 6th century missionary, sent to England by Pope Gregory, who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury...
After reading your May 5th article on "Featherbedding on the Pads," I think a more appropriate title would be Swindle. I wonder sometimes how the cartoonists can still show Uncle Sam wearing clothes...
...tear, thousands of such early Latin translations of the Bible disappeared. But countless ancient parchments, palimpsests* and books survived to challenge modern scholars with a complex task: to collect and compare early Bible texts with the standard Vulgate completed by St. Jerome in the first decade of the 5th century. The job is under way in the Vetus Latina (Ancient Latin) Institute of the Benedictine monastery of Beuron in southern Germany...