Word: julians
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...more astonishing is the evidence of a scientific society that produced a calendar (circa 353 B.C.), based on astronomical observations, which is considered more accurate than the Julian calendar that was devised in 46 B.C. The Mayans reckoned time from a zero date beginning, according to one scientist, with Oct. 15, 3375 B.C. Their month (urinal) lasted 20 days; a year (tun) 18 months, or 360 days,' which was completed (to correspond more accurately to the solar year) by adding five so-called "unlucky days." Thus they had a fixed calendar year of 365 days. It was nearly...
Other Crimson finishers who contributed solid performances were French Anderson, seventh, Will Julian, ninth, and Dave Donaldson, tenth. Julian's finish was his highest so far this year...
Rounding out the Crimson lineup will be Jim Schlaeppi, disputed winner of the Handicaps, Al Gordon, Ed Martin, Wes Hildreth, Joe Julian, and Lincoln Hollister...
Other varsity finishers, in order, were Ed Martin, Dave Donaldson, Al Gordon, Wes Hildreth, and Gary Brooten. Still further back were Howie Katz, Joe Julian, Lincoln Hollister, and Larry Lavers...
...appeal trial brought a deluge of protests and pleas for clemency from world liberals and Marxists, including British Philosopher Bertrand Russell, Scientist Julian Huxley, Peru's President Manuel Prado, Hungarian Writer Paul Igno-tus, French ex-Fellow Traveler Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as from such Communists as Artist Pablo Picasso and Poet Louis Aragon (who was later outraged to learn that the capitalist press knew of his appeal). Seemingly impressed, the Kadar regime said last week that, "pending re-examination of the case," it had "suspended" the death sentences of Intellectuals Obersovszky and Gali. But three days later...