Is it possible to subscribe to dates in Address Book other than birthdays?

iCal can subscribe to birthdays that have been entered into Address Book. Is it possible to have iCal pick up other dates that have been included in Address Book entries (anniversary, etc)?
Steve

Hi Steve,
I wrote an application that would enable you do this. Take a look at Dates to iCal. It is £4 shareware with a 3 week demo.
As well as automatically syncing birthday dates from Address Book, Dates to iCal can sync anniversary and custom dates. It can set up to five alarms for each date in iCal and can also set different alarms for birthdays and anniversaries. It allows the option of only syncing from one Address Book group. It application also allows for the titles of the events sent to iCal to be modified.
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John M
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