Word: formality
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Barreira took officially took on the role on July 1, the day Ducey’s departure was to take formal effect...
Four years and several teams later, he returned to the Bruins for the 2003-04 season, officially ending his relationship with the team when he became an unrestricted free agent at midnight on July 1. Despite the formal parting, several members of the organization, including coach—and former Boston University opponent—Mike Sullivan, were present to offer their congratulations...
...with them. "The foreigners trust no one, not even their own clothes," says an Iraqi resistance fighter. He adds that al-Zarqawi has become an inspirational figure, like Osama bin Laden, for militants who espouse his methods and religious fervor. "Most are not members of his group in a formal sense," says the insurgent. "But everyone, especially the foreigners in Iraq who share his ideals of jihad, considers himself part of Attawhid wal Jihad...
...parents persuaded her to wait a bit. But when their daughter's desire resurfaced a few years later, they reluctantly allowed her to act in television and commercials but not onstage, fearing that evening curtains would ruin her schoolwork. They also refused to give her a lick of formal training. Other than a recent Christmas gift from her father--a book on acting for the stage--her parents have been steadfast in their conviction that she should find...
...family feud between Jefferson's white family and his black one. For the first time since the DNA results came out, not a single Hemings attended the association's annual reunion this past May. "Nobody wants to be where they aren't wanted. The environment felt stuffy and very formal," says Shannon Lanier, a Hemings who works as a TV production assistant in New York City and co-authored a book about the family called Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family. Instead, last year the Hemings began holding their own reunions at Monticello, complete with a sunrise...