Word: ritualized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of precise instruments and control dials guiding man's ordered observations, Mr. Palomar performs an awkward ritual, blinding himself with his flashlight and fumbling with charts of the heavens. This image is itself the only stable reference point for the Reader, the riveted audience of Calvino's quest. Unbeknownst to Mr. Palomar absorbed in his charts, a little crowd of onlookers gathers, whispering and observing "his movements like the convulsions of a madman." Unbeknownst to the Reader absorbed in the book, Calvino has manipulated him out into the open, where he can observe his Reader, placed among Mr. Palomar...
Crisp green lettuce. Pulpy red tomatoes. Moist orange melons. The heaping displays at salad bars in supermarkets and restaurants across the nation are as appealing to the eye as they are tempting to the palate. For many people, building a salad to order is a bountiful, healthful new ritual. But for some there is a hidden canker. To keep fruits and vegetables tantalizingly fresh, produce has often been sprayed or dipped in sulfite solutions that prevent wilting and discoloration. Sulfites were long considered safe, but in recent years their skyrocketing use has brought disturbing reports. At least twelve deaths have...
...autumn ritual, like football games and the first frost. America's A team of actresses, who would never accept summer-movie roles as Rambo's guerrilla girlfriend or Michael J. Fox's mom, invigorate Hollywood's ration of serious films. The seminar is in session, film scholars. It is the season to pay attention, even if you want to cut class...
...history that began happily in the spring of 1983. Convinced that his company needed managerial help in doing battle with mighty IBM, Jobs spent several months trying to persuade Sculley, a marketing whiz who was then president of Pepsi- Cola, to become Apple's chief executive. In a ritual that resembled an old- fashioned courtship, the two men spent weekends together, roaming New York's Central Park and strolling through museums. The executives seemed so well matched that when talking to others they would often finish each other's sentences. Said Sculley of Jobs: "Steve is a great visionary." Echoed...
...student and a Cambridge man discovered two skulls on a north Cambridge street. The skulls, found in a plastic bag about a quarter mile from Porter Square, were partially caked with wax. After several weeks of investigation, police officials determined that the skulls were most likely part of some ritual service and unrelated to any crime...