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...Espelage acknowledges that it is difficult to know whether bullying is growing more common, she says that recognition of its consequences is certainly on the rise. Both agree that while bullying has been around since the one-room schoolhouse, it should no longer be dismissed as a mere adolescent rite of passage...
...first hour, this is an engaging rite-of-passage comedy for the Modern Maturity set. When the men go into orbit, so does the film. It blends tension and emotion, computer wizardry and dramatic skill in a vigorous climax--and the most impressive, haunting final shot of the movie year...
There is something seductive about numbers with zeros in them. Milestones in wealth or accomplishment, they whisper, "Come, you can do it." One hundred is a special number for bicycle riders. Cycling 100 miles--or even 100 km--in a single day is a rite of passage cyclists call a century ride. It is for a bicyclist what a marathon is for a runner: a badge of endurance and achievement...
Every adult remembers where he was when he learned that Bambi's mom had been shot by a lone gunman. For many of us, it was an emotional rite of passage. We clutched a grownup's hand in the darkened theater. But imagine watching Bambi or Beauty and the Beast on video, not as a seven-year-old but at four, and without a parent present to explain the law of the cartoon jungle. Kids ages two to five spend an average of 1 1/2 hours watching videos each day, yet children up to age five need adult help...
...medieval Christian rite transformed for today's secular Harvard, the service aims for interfaith inclusion...