Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Angeles courthouse during the trial, shaved her head to protest his conviction and gouged an X into her forehead as a sign of loyalty. She later explained: "We have Xed ourselves out of this world." Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote in his book Helter Skelter that the mutilations became a ritual for new members, "complete to tasting the blood as it ran down their faces...
There are signs that even local interest in such forays is lessening as the ritual has become so repetitive. Ford did not draw a full house at the American Legion convention in the Minneapolis Convention Center last month...
Ford is a creature of habit. He is doing what he did for 25 years as a Congressman. It is, some have suggested, what he does best. Before he entered the Oval Office he was away 200 nights in some years, giving forgettable speeches. The ritual has been elevated now that he is in the presidency, but its basic ingredients are the same. Is the risk worth it? The answer is the same as it was in Dallas−when the gun went off. The old political urge to stand before any audience in any part of this nation will...
Another political ritual concerned the Arab-Israeli conflict. Syria, joined by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was also given membership during the Lima conference, pressed for a resolution that Israel be expelled from the U.N. The measure was supported by most of the Arabs. "The condition for Arab aid is support for their fight against Israel," explained a Latin American diplomat. But Egypt, concerned about jeopardizing Kissinger's efforts to reach a new interim peace agreement, opposed the Syrian proposal. So did several Black African countries and others like Singapore, Argentina and Indonesia. In the end, the conference adopted...
During their winter months of June, July and August, Brazilian coffeegrowers observe a time-honored ritual: they spread rumors of crop-killing frosts in hopes of pushing up coffee prices on commodity exchanges. Hence there was nothing out of the ordinary about reports of a "White Friday" last month -except that this time the stories turned out to be true. For the first time since 1943, snow fell in the southern state of Paraná, which produces half of Brazil's coffee. In neighboring São Paulo state, frost damaged 50% to 70% of the coffee trees...