Word: feasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imagine the perfect fish. It would be plentiful, but would not harm other fish. Delicious to eat, it would also be such a powerful jumper and swimmer that sportsmen would revere its ability as a fighter. As an extra benefit, this paragon would feast on something that nobody wants. Does such a fish exist? Indeed, yes. It is called the white amur (Ctenopharyngodon idella), a member of the carp family that is native to eastern Asia, where it is prized as a delicacy. Three feet in length and 70 lbs. in weight, an adult amur just loves...
...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 the churches, which...
...observe his guests when a particular masterpiece appears and "condemn as unworthy all those whose faces do not express their rapture." Among proper feeders there will also be silence during the first course while each man devotes himself "to the great task at hand." Indeed Brillat-Savarin approaches a feast like a happy warrior; nothing pleases him more than "a pretty gourmande in full battle dress...
That would be a healthy rise for most industries, but it is hardly enough to make up for the worst depression in the tool trade since the 1930s. "It's always feast or famine in this business," says Carl L. Sadler, president of Cincinnati's Sundstrand Corp. Orders for machine tools plunged from a high of $1.7 billion two years ago to some $900 million last year, and they will dip to about $750 million in 1971. Because the industry makes the machines that make other machines, it is carefully watched as a sensitive indicator...
...children, O, don't you want to go to that gospel feast...