Word: ritualization
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...news that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is to be the Bush Administration's ritual sacrifice to atone for Iraq comes as no surprise. It had been obvious for months now that the debacle would be blamed on Rumsfeld. And the blame-Rumsfeld narrative has a singular attraction for all those who supported the Iraq war and now wish to evade their own culpability in the catastrophe it inevitably became...
...capella singer, Anene served as SAC vice chair for College life last semester, and he has been active in the effort to get textbook stipends for low-income students. He said that he is “definitely thinking” about a run for president.INSIDE OUTThroughout this yearly ritual, only one thing will remain certain: All bets will be off.Take Tim R. Hwang ’08, who said he will seek the signatures needed to run “as a completely outsider candidate” for UC president. Hwang said he planned to run under...
Visitors must go through a purification ritual upon entering the exhibit...
...Statement ends with this exhortation: “Harvard expects that the scholarship and collegiality it fosters in its students will lead them in their later lives to advance knowledge, to promote understanding, and to serve society.” After the Mission Statement was adopted, I rewrote the ritual words presenting undergraduate degree candidates at Commencement to assure the President and Fellows that each candidate stands ready to do these three things. Still today, “serve society” is the last thing Harvard seniors hear from the College administration before they become Harvard graduates...
...could tell he wasn't attending an Iranian elementary school so much as one of those scary Pakistani-type madrassas, where rows of boys sit on the floor memorizing the Koran and the alumni all died at Tora Bora. The first minutes captured the class making ritual ablutions before prayer, followed by scenes of them actually praying together in the classroom, and finally, a lively segment of them practicing the call to prayer. Noting my horrified look, my friend explained that "public schools here are really much better these days." Much better, apparently, means that alongside Islamic indoctrination, kids also...