Share iCal on one iMac with tow accounts

I've one iMac with two user accounts on it (me & my wife). How can setup iCal so, that my calendar items in my user account are the same like those when me wife is looked in her user account. I don't want use MobileME or iPhone to reach that. Is it possible to share the same DataSet for tow different accounts on the same iMac?
thanks, Gino
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