Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Trade conflicts between the U.S. and Japan normally follow a practiced ritual: first come the angry words, then the threat of sanctions, then more angry words, then the small gesture of reconciliation. But it seemed last week as if that ultimate stage might never be reached when the Clinton Administration slapped 100% tariffs on 13 Japanese luxury cars in the toughest trade showdown between the two countries in two decades. In unveiling the sanctions, which would double the sticker price of such models as Lexus and Acura when they take effect on June 28, Trade Representative Mickey Kantor declared that...
...first time West Side Story has been onstage strictly as a dance work, and the result is an exuberant show that highlights bravura male dancing -- rumble as ritual. It is also an unusual meeting of Broadway and ballet. Robbins personally led rehearsals. Watching as the ballet -- disciplined dancers grappled with an approach to movement that is at once more emphatic and more personal than what they know, he commented, "Dancers I meet keep telling me, 'That play is the reason why I'm in the theater.' It's nice...
...North Carolina; Chicago; and Los Angeles-hordes of parents accused nursery-school and day-care-center workers of sexually abusing children. Spurred by public outrage, prosecutors charged staff members with horrific crimes, often based solely on the claims of youngsters whose tales ranged from gropings in the classroom to ritual satanic killings and rides aboard spaceships. Though their reputations were irrevocably damaged, most of the defendants ultimately went free...
...child learns the ritual, born out of curiosity, a desire to rebel and to be accepted," Kessler said. "The ritual tragically lasts a lifetime, and may shorten...
...became a C-student in her junior year while mourning her brother's death, that may be alluded to in a recommendation or essay because, and only because, it illuminates her core application materials . After that, it should be left alone. Whether the applicant cries, laughs or performs a ritual dance in her interview is not relevant...