Word: rite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington rite of passage: a member of the President's inner council leaves under fire. His departure certifies that the new Administration is no longer new. Collisions with reality are forcing changes in personnel as well as modifications of policy. Post-Inaugural hopes and dreams are turning into a series of adaptations to unforeseen pressures and challenges...
Lampoon officers deny the existence of the semiannual rite. "I have no idea what you're talking about," John P. Ziaukus '82, the Lampoon's "Ibis," said of Phools' Week. "I really couldn't conceive of any such thing," he added...
...celebrated on December 25 ever since Mary placed the Christ child in a manger. Unfortunately, historical documents, legend and law prove this widespread rumor unfounded. Books on the history of Christmas and on holiday traditions show that Christmas festivities have as firm a root in pagan ritual as Christian rite and that Massachusetts itself at one time played the grinch...
...number of reported incidents rose from 616 in 1977 to 1,533 in 1980, including seven attacks on immigrants' hostels and the explosion of a bomb in a crowded outdoor area during Munich's Oktoberfest, an annual rite of autumn, that killed 13 and injured 221. In Munich last month, two neo-Nazi suspects were killed, one was injured and two more arrested after a Shootout with police who had stopped a car loaded with weapons...
...Barnum died in 1975, and the trustees of his estate carried on his legacy, though without the master's flair and brio. Despite record crowds and steady profits, the undeniable lure of a $24 million offer from Wilmorite spelled the end for Danbury's autumnal rite. "It's a shame," admits Fred G. Fearn, one of the estate's executors, his purple fair badge resplendent on his red ultrasuede jacket, "but we had no choice...