Word: feastings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John Paul led a candlelight procession to the grotto on Sunday, which was followed by an open-air Mass in an adjacent meadow on Monday, the feast of the Assumption, the religious holiday marking Mary's entry into heaven. The Pope noted that his visit coincided with the 2,000th anniversary of her birth.-* The Mass was attended by 150,000 worshipers. That was far short of the expected 300,000, many of whom undoubtedly stayed away because of a terrorist act two days before John Paul's arrival. An anticlerical group calling itself Arrete Cures (Stop Priests...
LIKE A momento mori bared amidst a medieval feast, the Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra horrifies while it captivates, an anomaly in a world of frothy fun and glitter. And like that sobering skull, the play, staged as it is in late July, reminds us that--both literally and figuratively--glorious summer will quickly fade to autumn and winter. O'Neill lets us know that even while comedy and music, sunshine and song still cast their spell, death and decay lurk inevitably in the shadows. They need simply wait...
...analogous to the feeling one gets when successfuly completing a grueling five hour exam the pain is worth the glory. Even those who are not Conservative sympathizers have taken Thatcher's "no free lunch" economics to heart and are he ginning to sharpen their knives for the dinner feast they hope will follow...
While the smaller weekly meetings were said to be enjoyable challenges, active SCA dians confess they were mere stepping stones compared to the one grant-like monthly SCA event. Lasting up to 12 hours, these bashes may include a jousting match, a revel or feast, or the rare Coronation of a King and Queen...
...which has imported most of its wild mushrooms from Europe, will show off its own fungi for European statesmen at the economic summit this weekend at Williamsburg, Va. Their five meals will be based entirely on American ingredients and recipes. New York Times Food Writer Craig Claiborne (A Feast Made for Laughter), the man of all seasonings who was asked by the White House to organize the menus, has concocted a dish of boneless chicken legs and thighs stuffed with chopped chicken liver, wild rice and morels sauteed in butter. The mushrooms may even come from Mesick...