Word: calendars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wise Men & Gifts. Long before the date of Christmas was fixed in the calendar (by Pope Julius I in the middle of the 4th century), the cave or stable in Bethlehem had been an object of veneration. St. Justin Martyr mentioned the present Grotto of the Nativity as early as 155; a century later, Origen discussed the authenticity of the site (even Christianity's enemies, he said, admitted it). The manger scene-with the Wise Men from Matthew and the shepherds from Luke-is one of the oldest Christian traditions. It is also the easiest to dramatize. Canticles...
...calendar of the triumphs, defeats and contortions of the human spirit during...
FORD-CHEVY RACE will be won by Ford in calendar 1959. Chevy is now shade ahead, but Ford will outsell its traditional rival because of steel strike. Since Ford makes 40% to 50% of its own steel, company can produce 20,000 cars a week until end of the year, well above Chevy output...
...crystallized the arguments, and the case for Sunday breakfast being served seemed to hinge on whether Sunday was the beginning or the end of the week. In Old Testament times, he knew, Sunday had been the beginning of the week, but perhaps things had changed with the Gregorian calendar... or even before.... And then, too, Dilworth hadn't been out of his room in a long time to talk to anyone. Anyway, in the last analysis, he decided, it was just a matter of attitude. Tossing his cashmere blanket to one side, he made up his mind to take...
...avoid conflict in running dates, representatives from 15 Harvard dramatic organizations will meet tomorrow and plan a co-ordinated calendar of openings for the spring season. "Nobody wins when five plays are done in one weekend," Joel F. Henning '61, President of the Harvard Dramatic Club, explained...