Word: rite
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...Ellipse. The switch was designed to encourage visitors from around the country - families from at least 45 states are expected to attend - though huge demand for tickets left many parents frustrated and empty-handed, despite spending hours in front of their computers. A reminder, perhaps, that this particular rite of spring is designed primarily for the enjoyment of children, not grown-ups. As former Clinton adviser Bruce Reed, a seven-roll veteran, told the New York Times: "It was an experience that you wouldn't want to miss, but it was absolutely exhausting and everyone was thrilled when...
...culture, and dance in particular, that would shape all future exploits. Early Diaghilevan productions have not only remained in the repertory of many major ballet companies but have also taken their rightful places amidst the historical cannon. “Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring” (“Le Sacre du Printemps”), two ballets with specially commissioned scores by Igor Stravinsky, are perhaps two of the most famous; the latter, with choreography by the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, caused a furor at its inception by virtue of its outrageous costumes...
...week it's playing Venezuelan composer Evencio Castellanos' symphonic suite, Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, which uses joropo folk strains and colorful Latin rhythms in much the same way that Gershwin incorporated jazz in his works - and those pieces have a knack for complementing better known music like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (also on the Simon Bolivar program this week...
...While the dire economy has taken some of life out of the party - travel website Expedia estimates that flights to spring break destinations in the Caribbean are down as much as 20% this year - the collegiate rite of passage, which traditionally occurs between the first weekend in March and Easter Sunday in April, is still very much in full cry: according to student discount-travel agency STA Travel, the average spring breaker spends $1,100 for their seven-night trip (many of which they will be too drunk to remember). In Florida, while annual visitor numbers dropped for the first...
...block with, but could no longer request to be in a particular house; in other words, fate was introduced to the housing process. William F. Abely ’99, Bill, now an attorney in Boston, and his blocking group would become the first to perform a sacrificial rite the night before housing...