Word: equinoxe
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Spring, sex, and symbolism were to hall the coming of the vernal equinox this morning, with fertility rites to mark the occasion scheduled to take place at 8:10 a.m. at the base of the World Tree in the Graduate Center...
Conducted by Thomas A. Lehrer 3G, the author of a recent poem about the sculpture, the religious services were to be highly symbolic of the "cosmic forces that move the universe." The vernal equinox actually occurred at 5:24 a.m., but Lehrer said that those participating in the affair felt that hour to be too "un-Christian...
...practical advice: "The piece would enjoy an annual polishing with Bon Ami cleanser, probably as a rite at the vernal equinox, and it will not resent being inhabited by one or two contemplative beings. Enjoy...
...piece would enjoy an annual polishing (with Bon Ami cleanser), probably as a rite at the vernal equinox," he mused, "and it will not resent being inhabited by one or two contemplative beings, Enjoy...
...vernal equinox can be taken as an infallible sign of the approach of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to Boston. Through the years the group has almost earned honorary custody of several ballet standbys. Three of these--"Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," and "Scheherazade" --have been placed on one program which will be repeated two or three times during the group's Boston stand...