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Sergei Krikalev got more than he bargained for when he rocketed into space last May from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, located in what was then still known as the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Krikalev was scheduled for a five-month stint as flight engineer aboard the Mir space station; his replacement was slated to arrive in October. Who could have foreseen that Krikalev's country would disintegrate before his mission was over? By the time October rolled around, the Baikonur facility was on the verge of belonging to Kazakhstan , rather than the Soviet Union. As a public relations measure, space-program...
Five Masters of Persian and Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammad, Mir Sayyid `Ali, Basawan, Payag and the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum...
Five Masters of Persian and Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammad, Mir Sayyid 'Ali, Basawan, Payag, and the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum...
Five Masters of Persian And Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammed, Mir Sayyid Ali, Basawan, Payag And the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum. Whatever...
This being the late 20th century, Americans participating in these epiphanies are doing something about it: networking. Says Mimi Kelly of Louisiana's Mir ((Peace)) Group: "People come back with a burning desire to do something good for mankind." Some 300 groups of Medjugorje believers exist across the U.S., publishing at least 30 newsletters and holding a dozen conferences a year. There are 70 telephone hot lines that feature the Virgin's messages from Yugoslavia: in Alabama dial MOM-MARY. Over the past 16 months a Texas foundation has put up 6,500 billboards inspired by Medjugorje. The huge signs...