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Once a year or once in a lifetime, on the Feast of the Virgin by the Julian calendar (Nov. 29 this year), pilgrims flock by the tens of thousands to the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion, the holiest of holy churches in their faith. The continual chants of "Mariam, Mariam, Mariam" bear witness to the high esteem, higher even than that accorded Jesus, in which Ethiopia's Christians hold the Mother of the Saviour. One woman says this is the day Mary was miraculously transported to Axum. Another says no, this is the day Mary stopped here...
...third chapter, "Why?", is a combination of the history of the Julian, Gregorian and Jewish calendars. Gould details the mathematics behind the leap year system and explains calendrical curiosities from Hanukkah to George Washington's birthday. Gould attempts to expand into a commentary on the philosophical relationship between reality and scientific inquiry, but does not give himself the vocabulary, subject matter or space to say anything profound...
...Julian Bond-Arnes Courtroom at 8 "Issues and Strategies of National Welfare Reform"-Dr. Richard P. Nathan in the B.U. Law Auditorium...
...that sort of insurance is blossoming. The best hedge funds have become as exclusive as Augusta National, and hot managers are the rock stars of the investing world. Among the sexiest: George Soros, whose Quantum Fund has tallied a 33% annual return historically, vs. 7% for stocks; and Julian Robertson, whose Tiger funds are to Park Avenue what fur is to Gstaad...
Even though some parts only resemble clumsy attempts at alienating every member of the audience, the circus soars on many of its acrobatics and magic acts. The three towns-people (James Clowney, Carlos Guity and Julian Stachowski) do an amazing series of aerial double-gainers using only two poles balanced on their necks. Anatoli and Liubov Sudarchikov, the Siberian magic team, do a restrained yet exciting act: clothes changes in less than a blink...