Word: rite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...percent free-throw shooter, he had even managed to shank an attempt earlier in the game. With his shaved head, he looked like a relic from playoff losses past, when the Knicks, in a New York rite of spring, would buzz-cut their locks as a gesture of the oft-discussed intangible "team unity...
...percent free-throw shooter, he had even managed to shank an attempt earlier in the game. With his shaved head, he looked like a relic from playoff losses past, when the Knicks, in a New York rite of spring, would buzz-cut their locks as a gesture of the oft-discussed intangible "team unity...
Circumcision is, of course, nothing new. Egyptian priests practiced it as a purification rite more than 4,500 years ago. To this day, it is an important religious ritual in Islamic and Jewish communities worldwide. Circumcision became popular in the U.S. in the early 1900s, in the belief that it promoted good hygiene and discouraged masturbation. World War II veterans swore by its health benefits in unsanitary tropical conditions. Currently, more than two-thirds of U.S. infant boys are circumcised...
...fact, in the new femaleist vernacular, those aren't hot flashes; they're power surges. True, you might hesitate to rip off your sweater and start fanning your face at a meeting full of alpha males. But outside of that hostile environment, menopause is becoming a celebration-worthy rite of passage. Two New York City women, free-lance writer Beverley Douglas and graphic artist Alice Simpson, have just launched their Two Hot Broads line of greeting cards. Then there are the Red Hot Mamas, whose inspirational support groups for menopausal women have spread from Brooklyn to 18 states, drawing...
Unlike the bookstores, the big national drug chains are equipped to fight back. Some offer limited online refill services, and No. 3 Rite Aid has plans to roll out a prescription and vitamin website with GNC in the fall. That doesn't worry Drugstore.com's Neupert, who says, "Frankly, I don't know if the existing brands are all that respected." There's another issue, though. With the rise of managed care, close to 80% of prescriptions are now covered by third-party insurers. To capture a good chunk of the business, online drugstores "have to negotiate separately with thousands...