Word: ritualization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...apartment complex, where all the people were beautiful and all the plots recycled from daytime soap operas. After a slow start in the ratings, however, Melrose Place has become perhaps the hottest show on TV. College-age fans have made it a weekly viewing ritual; magazines do cover stories on its stars; the Fox network is already gearing up a spin...
Iran has attempted to prohibit the ritual because of its pre-Islamic, "pagan" origins, Chehabi said...
Former Currier House Master Holly Davidson was present during the ritual and gave an introductory speech. She is one of the founders of the Harvard Persian Society...
...addition to being a traditional festival, the bonfire ritual has recently begun to carry political connotations, said Houchang E. Chehabi, associate professor of Government and of Social Studies...
After the bonfire ritual, 50 people attended a dinner of Middle Eastern delicacies...