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...Rite of Passage. Psychiatrist Salvador Minuchin at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center finds that anoretics usually come from families that have conflicts but are "enmeshed" in togetherness. Minuchin's treatment is a mix of showmanship, ritual and behavioral techniques. Step one, oddly enough, is bringing the family together for lunch. The purpose is to replay a typical meal at home to see what happens. Like a director in a play, Minuchin may call the scene to a halt at the climax, perhaps just as the father is angrily and unsuccessfully trying to force his daughter to eat something. Minuchin...
...people of Illinois have been treated in recent weeks to the spectacle of their state lawmakers engaging in their annual rite of spring: making "goddamn fools" of themselves, in the apt words of one representative, as they rush to complete the legislative agenda before the adjournment scheduled for June 30. Since some 4,500 measures had been introduced, legislators were forced to meet nights and weekends. As tempers flared, medics outside the chambers tested blood pressure, and sent two people to the hospital. One representative introduced a motion to permit members time each day for conjugal visits, either with their...
...Greek Orthodox service marking the 40th day after her father's death. While a village priest swung an incense-filled censer, Jackie, Christina and a score of Aristotle Onassis' closest relatives and friends offered prayers in Ari's behalf. Afterward, worshipers completed the ceremonial rite of passage by eating from a specially decorated 44-lb. loaf of bread-a symbolic act to send the soul of the late shipping magnate heavenward...
Holder used the right rite. Last week The Wiz-an all-black rhythm-and-blues adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz-won seven Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Musical, Choreography, Score, and two for Holder himself as Director and Costume Designer...
...Elder handle the pressure of being the first black to compete for the winner's green jacket? These are among the tantalizing questions that will draw thousands of fans to Augusta, Ga., this week, and millions more to their television sets to view golf's most notable rite of spring-the Masters tournament...