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...serve as the late 20th century's most succinct text on the metaphysics of terrorism. There, on a mellow May afternoon at St. Peter's Square, beneath the encircling Bernini columns, the most vigorously gregarious of Popes rides slowly through a sea of tourists and pilgrims. It is a rite of sweet human communion. The Pope reaches out for babies in the crowd. He gently blesses the faces that give back a radiant daze of whatever it is that they see in the man--celebrity, charisma, holiness or, at least, a huge friendliness. But just there, floating from the left...
...mail. “If you’re a college student and you don’t want your sister in high school to see your photos, you can make them inaccessible to her,” he wrote. Getting a facebook account has become a rite of passage for matriculating college students, a rite that many are not willing to share with high schoolers. “There are some college kids who are pissed and want to keep the network to themselves,” Hughes told The Crimson in September, when Facebook opened its high school...
...Secrecy," opening with the observation that Bush "said he chose Dick Cheney to be his running mate because he was a 'straight-shooter,' " and pointing out all the times over the years that Cheney has resisted the release of information. The Vice President now has yielded to a Beltway rite - the big interview with a carefully chosen star journalist. So far however, in keeping with his refusal to play by the usual rules, he has resisted the typical next step - begging for forgiveness...
...host Ryan Seacrest narrated a tribute to the show's popularity. "What started as a simple talent quest has become a national phenomenon," he said over video of seas of teen and twentysomething applicants thronging stadiums and audition halls like pilgrims on the hajj. "It's become a modern rite of passage, like going to the prom. You get your first car, you graduate from high school, and when we roll into your town, you audition for American Idol...
...Mart’s decision––along with the policies of Rite Aid and Walgreens––is frightening, not least because of its practical implications. Wal-Mart runs 2,428 pharmacies across the country, and theirs is the only pharmacy within a reasonable distance of many rural communities. If Wal-Mart will not fill a prescription for EC, it may be impossible for a woman to fill her prescription quickly enough...