Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Scott passed out at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house after heavy drinking as part of a hazing and initiation ritual. He was then left by the fraternity in the basement to "sober up." Instead, he threw up, clogging his breathing passages and causing him to lose oxygen to the brain. By the time he was discovered and the paramedics were called, there was little that could be done. He spent three days in a coma, was pronounced brain dead on Monday morning and passed away Monday evening. His death is currently being investigated as a homicide by the Boston...
Most of those drinking seemed to like the ritual, the athlete says, and no one needed medical assistance...
...from the retina of an aborted fetus, then surgically transplanted them into Van Vliet's severely impaired left eye. Since the operation, the transplanted cells have begun to proliferate, forming minute projections that stretch toward Van Vliet's macula. For Ernest, a large, affable man of 62, the weekly ritual of scrutinizing the eye scans that chronicle Van Vliet's recovery from surgery proved intensely satisfying, not only professionally but also because of his frustrating experience with his father, who died...
James Callahan, an 18-year-old Rutgers University student, dies after consuming 24 ounces of hard liquor in less than an hour as part of a pledging ritual at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, according to an April 26 article in The Record. A separate article reported on Aug. 28 that this incident prompted a five-year shutdown of his fraternity...
...into brown boxes. The fact that she flew to California in Air Force One simply makes her arrival unusual, but like many of the other 1,649 first-years who arrived at Stanford this week, dinner with mom and/or dad will be a special occasion instead of an evening ritual...