Word: eastering
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...glance through in a bookstore, and has great pictures, but the story itself is short on substance. In fact, Poortvliet's wonderful illustrations (the dust-jacket informs us that he is Holland's most popular illustrator) dwarf the text. Gnomes might be a great gift book when Easter rolls around, but unless you have $15 to burn, sit tight and wait for the paperback version. Gnomes has great promise, but simply comes up short...
...objectionable." Fumed one priest: "Ash Wednesday is a religious symbol that needs to be preserved even if it hurts business." So much for symbolism. Munich's Fasching organizers canceled masquerades after Ash Wednesday. But other balls and celebrations will go on until March 5, just three weeks before Easter...
When he could not pay his tuition by writing thrillers during summer, Christmas, and Easter vacations, Crichton realized he would have to write one during the school year...
...Last week Rockefeller Center's Marshall sadly admitted that the proud landmark now faces the same pathetic destiny that has over taken hundreds of other moviehouses, big and small, in recent years. By present plans it will shut down this week, reopen in March to offer its traditional Easter pageant, and then close for ever the following month. The reason, naturally, is money. The theater lost $2.2 million in 1977, and officials figure it would lose $3.5 million this year if it stayed open. The Music Hall needs to take in $176,000 a week just to cover operating...
...just possibly a sign of simple-mindedness or galloping hypocrisy as well. Yet there they are today, down on their knees at prayer meetings. They are pursuing the word day by day instead of settling for the sudden thrill of religion only on Sunday?or only at Christmas and Easter...