Word: magie
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Some astronomers and biblical scholars speculate that the first conjunction may have been the signal that started the Magi on their long trek to Israel; the second, the beacon that guided them on their journey. Their reasoning seems to accommodate the timetable of the Christmas story, for in December the two planets came together for a third time, as if on cue, to show the final way to Bethlehem...
Enough of Harvard's far flung magi...
...libretto's horror. What is called for musically is the power and sweep of a Verdi, or the psychological insight of a Moussorgsky. Pasatieri Instead has written in a bland, old-fashioned style that might be suitable for an O. Henry short story- say, The Gift of the Magi. Easy as it is to listen to, Pasatieri's music simply fails the text...
...heart. Yet they have been questioned by liberal scholars for years. Though often believers themselves, these scriptural experts have challenged nearly everything in the Nativity story: the angels, the star, even the wise men. As recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, the only one to mention them, the Magi are not the familiar three kings of Christmas legend (later piety gave them names, ages, races and crowns), but rather an unspecified number of astrologers, perhaps from Babylon. Even in that guise, some critics suggest, their existence is questionable, possibly merely a preaching device used by the evangelist to suggest...
...most expensive bargain is offered by Jimmy ("the Greek") Snyder, the famed Las Vegas savant. Entitled "Lessons in How to Make Odds," the Greek's tutorial services cost $565,000 with an optional extra: purchase of all his 1975 handicaps for $875,000. Jimmy tells TIME'S magi that he is betting 2 to 1 that he will not sign a single sucker...