Word: omens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reaction to Kohoutek is also taking more metaphysical forms. A militant Jesus cult called the Children of God, which claims a worldwide membership, is convinced that the comet is an omen of disaster and is directly predicting doomsday ("Forty days," warns the group's leader "Moses David" Berg, and "Nineveh shall be destroyed!"). A different alarm is sounded by the Italian parapsychologist Astaroth, 52 (real name: Claudio Giannantonio), who counsels members of the Rome political and movie set. Astaroth explains that comets disrupt the "psychomagnet-ic equilibrium" of the planetary system. He adds: "Human beings will be drawn...
...overran Gaul on a march that culminated in the invasion of Italy. A comet, depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry, also appeared in the sky on the eve of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William the Conqueror told his Norman soldiers that the comet was indeed a bad omen-for the English troops, who subsequently went down to defeat. In 1456, Pope Calixtus was said to have been so upset by the appearance of a comet after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople that he issued a bull of excommunication against the interloper-"to rid the earth and mankind...
...plunge in more than a decade, dropping 24.24 points on a single day on the Dow Jones industrial average. Officials of the New York Stock Exchange quietly circulated a contingency plan on the floor to close the market instantly if Nixon should resign. Haifa world away, a similar small omen appeared in the pages of Pravda, which for the first time began readying Soviet readers for Nixon's possible exit. In private, Soviet officials were spreading the line: "Our relations with the U.S. are based on Washington policies, not on the President...
...tumultuous welcome turned out to be a good omen. Next day, when the Secretary of State and Egyptian President Sadat met the press after three hours of talks, the cordiality between the two men was plainly visible. "I hope to see you soon," said Kissinger in farewell. Replied Sadat: "You are welcome always." Then, after lunch, the Secretary was driven off to see the pyramids. Once again a crowd of shoving, shouting photographers dogged his steps. After vanishing inside the Great Pyramid, he finally emerged and waved to the crowd below. "Henry's looking it over," said one member...
...Omen. Globally, the near-confrontation has clouded the future of what U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger last week called "a very unique relationship" in which "we are at one and the same time adversaries and partners in the preservation of peace." In the Middle East, it was a bad omen for the future of an international peace-keeping operation that would be difficult enough as a result of three weeks of furious and bitter fighting...