Word: rite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...audience was just one of 20 ceremonies leading to Hirohito's state funeral on Feb. 24. That rite has provoked some consternation abroad, as more than 100 nations decide who will attend. For some countries that fought against Japan during World War II or suffered savage casualties in Japanese prison camps, the choice is by no means simple, even 45 years later. They must weigh the political cost of offending veterans against the damage that could result from bruising the sensitivities of a country that plays a commanding role in the world economy...
Abuse of alcohol "is an enormous problem area. Young adults use alcohol as a rite of passage, for male bonding, to ease socialization. We've tried to carve out something doable and achievable...Drunk driving is a more comfortable way to raise the issue of alcohol abuse," Winsten says...
...what has become an annual rite of winter, the Crimson demolished the Eagles, 10-0. Harvard Coach John Dooley did the best he could to ameliorate B.C.'s plight, giving his second and third lines--not to mention his backup goalie--extended playing time...
...touching story, but one could wish Director Nair had skipped some of the melodramatic touches. Sweet Sixteen's deflowering, for example, takes place during the festival of Holi, a spring rite in which red dye symbolic of the menstrual flow adorns the particpants. Under the auspices of a float of the elephant-headed god Ganesh, whose long trunk is considered phallic, Sweet Sixteen is pushed into a taxi to take her to her first sexual encounter...
...Head--Boston's annual rite of fall...