Word: dothings
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...list of current Mormon practices foreign to Catholic or Protestant believers. The best known revolve around rituals of the temples, which are barred to outsiders. At "endowment" ceremonies, initiates receive the temple garments, which they must wear beneath their clothing for life. Marriages are "sealed," not only until death doth part, but for eternity. And believers conduct proxy baptisms for the dead: to assure non-Mormon ancestors of an opportunity for salvation, current Mormons may be immersed on their behalf. The importance of baptizing one's progenitors has led the Mormons to amass the fullest genealogical record in the world...
...relics of your first year, as evidenced by a not unsubstantial sophomore attendance at the ice cream bash, the a cappella jam, and other such Crimson Key events. And unlike the hotly contested "freshman" versus "first-year" debate last year, this sentiment is nearly ubiquitous. He who disputes this doth protest too much...
...with a divine Emperor on top. Such is the lesson of the Metropolitan Museum's present exhibition, "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei." Normally when those spavined cliches "treasure," "splendor" or "masterpiece" occur in the name of an exhibition, doubt rises: Methinks the museum doth protest too much. Not this time. In terms of sheer quality, this show can claim to be the greatest conspectus of Chinese art ever held in America...
Those denizens of the House that doth not speak its name...
...number two man Viktor Chernomyrdin would take his place, Kohan notes. "It's interesting that Chernomyrdin's press secretary was the first one to announce that Yeltsin was fine and the prime minister would not be taking over for him. The whole thing has a bit of "the lady doth protest too much" quality...