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Members of the TIME Newstour [Nov. 16] have made an important observation that has been ignored by those who formulate our foreign policy. The tour to Eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf prompted some of its participants to voice their surprise that Communist ideology comes not in one shade of red, but several...
...final decision to fix the date was a direct response to an array of pagan harvest festivals, and ignored the philosophical arguments offered by some Christian theologians. Most sun-worshiping early religions--including the Persian, Roman Norse, Gothic, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon--staged lavish winter solstice celebrations to mark the annual rebirth...
...tail, first entered contests in the Pine Tree State in the 1860s. Its winter-ready, snowshoe-like feet are matched by a wry personality, perfect for dozing in a country store. It is also a bargain in purebreds, at $150 for a pet. Although it looks docile, the fluffy Persian insists on attention. It also poses regally, a large, long-haired decorating accessory. About 50% of the purebreds sold in the U.S. are Persians. The breed comes in 34 colors and patterns, such as silver-mackerel tabby and dilute calico. Equally exotic is the price. A pet-quality animal...
...writer of Renault's re-creative powers had little difficulty moving from Theseus, mythical founder of a unified Attica, to Alexander the Great, who spread the seed of Hellenism across Asia Minor, North Africa and the brow of India. In Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, Renault took the most romantic of all military heroes from his beginnings as son of Philip of Macedon through his glories as youthful conqueror...
...principal problem that Renault faces in concluding her trilogy is that she must do so without her hero. In Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, Alexander the Not Yet Great and Alexander the Great held the spotlight and spurred the action. In Funeral Games it is his absence that motivates events. Yet the novelist-historian has done a fine job in focusing nearly half a century of chaos. Her prose, as usual, has an Attic clarity; her research is sound and her imagined scenes cenotaphs. Lacking the actual remains, they convey the unparalleled aura of Alexander and his time...