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Don’t Miss It Turns out the tears thatVirgin statue eked out from the corners of her eyes were insect secretions— Mary has been eaten by bugs from the inside. Don’t worry,pumpkin— alternative miracles arrive on the subway platform in twentyminute intervals every day. No lie— in this lifetime a descendant of Confucius takes the shape of an LAbased rapper dropping knowledge in English and Cantonese. What I’m saying is,keep watch,sweet thing— if the good books  Dumesnil PGS:Layout 1 4/28/09 12:32 PM Page 6 pan out in that theoryto -practice sort of way, you could find Buddha sitting beside you on the L train.In fact,you already have.  Dumesnil PGS:Layout 1 4/28/09 12:32 PM Page 7 ...

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