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Heaven has many cartographers, and through the centuries many different heavens have been charted. To the variety of celestial landscapes in the West, Islam and Buddhism have raised their own particular paradises: the Koran details a heaven filled with beautiful, large-eyed "companions" and youths of perpetual freshness; the sutras...
The ancient Chinese thought they were celestial brooms wielded by the gods to sweep the heavens free of evil. In the West they were believed to presage the fall of Jerusalem, the death of monarchs and such anomalies as two-headed calves. The Norman Conquest of England was attributed to...
But as we approach the Ides of March, still no sign of Hapworth. Yesterday, however, we got an e-mail from Lathbury confirming that the book "is definitately on and will appear." Thank heavens.
EYES IN THE SKY Some governments have been spying from the heavens for decades, but later this year the first commercial imaging satellites are scheduled to lift off. Their high-resolution photos are expected to be a boon for developers and environmentalists--as well as foreign governments and well-heeled...
"It's something going on in the heavens," she said.