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CHRISTMAS in the Holy Land is an occasion that strains piety. For one thing, it is not one festival but three -Dec. 25 for Roman Catholics and Protestants, Jan. 7 for the Orthodox churches and Jan. 19 for Armenian Christians. More disconcerting, the details for the rites on these separate feast days that celebrate the birth of Jesus are spelled out in a 75-page, three-language manual whose rules are enforced by Israeli military authorities. That is one of the more delicate tasks undertaken by the new rulers of old Jerusalem, who have essayed the rule making only because...
...also, presumably, to enhance the Vatican's role in administering the shrines. The momentum for citywide extraterritoriality has ebbed, however; currently Israel is negotiating with the churches involved to seek a consensus on a more narrow and functional form of extraterritoriality for the shrines. Greek Orthodox and Armenian prelates would probably settle for simple diplomatic status. Rome is seeking "special status" for the holy places but has not yet defined the term...
...matchup between the wily Armenian and the Brooklyn kid was a classic encounter of East v. West, old pro v. young upstart. Ticket scalpers asked -and got-triple the cost of admission. Hundreds of other enthusiasts stood in line for up to nine hours to buy tickets. For each game in the best-of-twelve series, the theater was filled with elegant ladies peering through pearled opera glasses and vested gentlemen following the play on pocket chess sets. Another 3,000 fans crowded into the lobby, where they could watch and argue each move as it was relayed from...
...regained his form and battered away at Petrosian's defense in a battle that took two days and a total of eight hours to complete. In the end, thwarted in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to salvage a draw, Petrosian gave up. Pleading "low blood pressure," the Armenian asked that the next game be postponed. He was past help. Fischer took the next three games in stunning fashion and won the match 6½ to 2½. Afterward, Soviet Grand Master Yuri Averbakh, Petrosian's trainer, explained that "Tigran's spirit was completely broken after the sixth...
Diana's current lover is an Armenian named Haig, and she is obsessed by him. Once on the beach, "he took a stick and drew a heart around the place where we made love." Now that is the kind of flourish Diana adores, but few short of Don Juan could keep up the pace. Throughout the book, Haig is at bay, like an aging opera star pressured into too many roles...