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Fowles's acknowledged mentor is the 6th century B.C. Greek thinker Heraclitus, whose extant work consists only of brief fragments declaring cryptically that the universe is in flux, that life is a ceaseless struggle of opposites: fire and water, earth and spirit, love and hate. Fowles shares Heraclitus' reverence for life, his clear-eyed contemplation of the tragic, his love of paradox; and he is even more eloquent...
Naming the Dates. As they dug deeper into the warped world of Frank Gonzales, investigators discovered that he had been bent on suicide and had broadcast the fact far and wide. "Mr. Gonzales had advised both friends and relatives that he would die on either Wednesday, the 6th of May, or Thursday, the 7th of May," said the CAB report. "He referred to his impending death on a daily basis throughout the week preceding the accident...
Sacred Texts. For many people, any modern translation seems like an impiety. Orthodox Jews regard as sacred the Masoretic text of the Old Testament, which was established by rabbinical scholars between the 6th and 9th centuries after Christ. Many conservative Protestants feel the same way about the majestic prose of the King James Version-which also took many years to win acceptance among tradition-minded 17th century Christians...
...have a very beautiful costume, Mademoiselle," the daughter of Prince Norodom Sihanouk tittered prettily. Proud Papa, however, smiled, "My daughter has two children!" "Mademoiselle" was not le mot juste, but De Gaulle was right about the costume, which weighed 35 Ibs., mostly in gold and precious jewels, with a 6th century headdress valued...
...strides throughout the U.S.-the condominium. More and more buyers are demanding them, builders are building them, and state legislatures are making laws authorizing them. Last month New York became the 40th state to have done so in the past three years. A condominium (a word deriving from a 6th century B.C. Roman law of joint sovereignty) is, in effect, an apartment house in which tenants really own their own apartments...