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...literary contests begun in the sage's time will be revived. The Confucian Ballet of the Imperial City of Hue, which has rehearsed for ten years without a public performance, patiently continues, behind closed doors, to seek perfection. Boasted one scholar on last week's feast day: "Confucius will remain the model of perfection for 10,000 generations to come...
Students will not pay more per meal for a promise of better food; many wish board rates were not compulsory, feeling they could feast royally around the Square for the amount they spend on discouraging meals in the Houses and Union. Dissatisfaction seems inevitable...
...wild bears in the arena, so the story goes, the animals would not harm him; instead, the bishop was beheaded and his blood was collected by a faithful follower. For centuries the phenomenon of the liquefaction has been observed in Naples at regular intervals: on San Gennaro's feast day (Sept. 19). on the Saturday before the first Sunday in May and. occasionally, at other times. The process has taken as long as 22 hours (in 1944) and as little as five seconds (1919). Speed is a good omen, Neapolitans believe, and last week's 28 minutes, while...
...license fees, taxes and even the repair bills, allowed the cronies to fill up their private cars at city gas pumps. Estimated cost of the largesse: several hundred thousand dollars yearly. ¶ Lauro required every city contractor to kick back up to 10% to his "Welfare and Feast Fund," supposedly for poor Neapolitans, who thought their Christmas packages and spaghetti handouts had come from Lauro's own pocket. ¶Dandified Senator Gaetano Fiorentino, Lauro's No. 1 helper who now drives a $6,000 Mercedes-Benz, padded the public-assistance fund, which he administers, with 5,000 extra...
This lackey's lackey is Brennan. With cruel precision, Kowalski gives Brennan his last assignment-on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Assignment: to kill a mysterious ex-Communist who was known during the Spanish civil war as El Carnicero (The Butcher). Brennan cannot approach confession with this last act-to-be on his soul. In the end, he knifes his victim only to discover that he killed the wrong...