Word: ritualizes
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...mournful message would presumably diminish their number), some welcoming the news, and others criticizing the U.S. for having killed them rather than capturing them and allowing Iraqis to put them on trial. There was also criticism of the U.S. for parading the bodies in a sometimes macabre media ritual, and for failing to observe the Muslim tradition of burial within 24 hours. Those comments, as well as the calls for trial rather than summary execution, reflect a resentment of occupation even among many Iraqis who had loathed Saddam - the fact that it took an American invasion and occupation...
...Congress and the White House responsible? As part of a long-standing ritual involving Democrats and Republicans, lawmakers and Presidents have devised energy plans that add up to no plan at all--not deliberately but by default. In pursuit of different agendas, competing interests tend to cancel one another out over time, leaving the nation with no coherent direction on energy. Lawmakers launch programs to develop alternative-energy supplies but later quietly cut or eliminate the funding so there are no realistic alternative sources. They enact legislation offering incentives to stimulate crude-oil production in the U.S., when the politicians...
...therefore the U.S. was forced to go to war. If Blair had made the same charge, he would have been heckled into the floorboards during Question Time. He nearly was anyway, but when he arrived at the Capitol he was treated to America's upside-down version of that ritual, in which members of Congress interrupt only to show how much they fancy you - and they fancy Blair a lot. His arrival was greeted with whistles and applause. Eager faces full of laughter greeted his smallest quip, but more impressive were the church-service nods that broke out among...
...nearly was anyway, but when he arrived at the Capitol he was treated to America's upside-down version of that ritual, in which members of Congress interrupt only to show how much they fancy you - they did so 31 times in his 35-min. speech. Blair's arrival was greeted with such whistles and applause his opening line could have been: "My fellow Americans...
...most people, the function of coffee is simply to deliver a morning wake-up jolt. But a new coffee aims to turn this ritual into a more healthful habit. J.O.E. (Java of Evolution), by Jeremiah's Pick Coffee, is the first "functional" coffee to reach the market. Functional foods, or nutraceuticals, as they are sometimes called, are ordinary products (sodas, cereals, soups and even chewing gum) that have been fortified with extra vitamins, herbs or minerals. They are one of the fastest-growing areas of the food industry. From relative obscurity a decade ago these foods have gone...