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...neatest illustration of the week's complexity, however, is the Pope's Mass at Nazareth's Basilica of the Annunciation. It is scheduled for March 25, the feast day marking the angelic announcement to a young Nazarene Jew that she would give birth to the Son of God. Last year the Israeli government appalled the Vatican by issuing a permit for a mosque to be built near the basilica. There was dark talk that the trip would be scuttled. It wasn't but another problem arose. The 25th is a Saturday, and 2,000 Jewish religious figures protested that attending...
...started several weeks ago, when Gore issued a press release detailing his plans for celebrating the holiday: "I cosponsored the bill that made corned beef and cabbage a St. Patrick's day feast," said Gore's statement. "I'm responsible for the beginning of this rich tradition...
...falls on a Friday during Lent, when Catholics are not allowed to eat meat. The traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner was in jeopardy. Upon hearing that the archdioceses of Boston and Fall River have given special dispensation to their parishioners to partake in the day's feast, Bush pledged to secure a papal blessing for all American Catholics to eat their corned beef this Friday. The Pope was unavailable for comment on this proposal. In response, Al Gore had this to say: "Though I am not Catholic, as a United States Senator I played a critical role in establishing...
...this year's carnival, traditionally a bacchanalian feast held each year over a long winter weekend, the Crimson finished 11th out of the 12 teams that traveled to the Dartmouth Ski-Way for the fourth tournament in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association's season...
...most of the Karen villagers who live close to the God's Army base still believe the twins have the supernatural strength to defy the Burmese army and allow them to return to a peaceful life free of outside interference. Plee, the refugee Karen woman, nostalgically recalled a Christmas feast in 1998 in Ka Mar Pa Law, where the main dishes were a giant lizard, monkey, deer and wild vegetables. "We ate three times a day, and there was singing and dancing all night...