… Kobe is located at 1350 east longitude (1000 east of Jerusalem), still west of the official
International Date Line. Concerned that they had possibly crossed the halachic date line, some …

… four texts, characters either gain or hope to gain extra time and a longer life by making actual
or metaphorical journeys eastward across what we today call the International Date Line. …

hours since the beginning of the air journey, but his day is twentyfour hours long, and six
hundred divided by twenty-four gives twentyfive, the number of days elapsed for him. He …

… the Equator, Prime Meridian, and International Date Line and how and by whom they were
… Longitude is discussed next, highlighting the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line…

… In this chapter, I consider the significance of what we today call the International Date Line
in the imaginative literature of the nineteenth-century. Impossible to conceptualize in the West, …

… Even those who have little difficulty understanding time zones and general time concepts
find it hard to understand the International Date Line. TO begin with it is essential for students …

This chapter examines how Harmony, courtesy, manners and respect are hallmarks of Japanese
society, as evidenced in the highly civil behavior exhibited by the Japanese population …

… This was the first of several proposals, all Eurocentric, over the following centuries, that
were to lead eventually to the modern adoption of an international date line through the mid-…

… day crossing the International Date Line. The CO ordered the ship's cooks to prepare a
second Christmas dinner to be served after doubling back over the International Date Line. Sara …