Word: ritually
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...more neglected aspects of Preppiedom--generally ignored in favor of the more obvious signs such as indulgence in alcohol, snobbery, ritual sex and clothes of peculiar colors--is a reverence for achievement, particularly success that appears to come effortlessly. That is where the Kroks come in. Their performances seem to have two purposes; in order of importance, they are: 1. to show that they are having a good time, and 2. to display their singing talent. That the Kroks are indeed excellent singers comes almost as an afterthought; their primary message seems always to be, "This is what we like...
...Nowadays, models tend to bunk not with princes or playboys but with other practitioners of their trade ? makeup men, photographers' assistants, advertising tyros. Before retiring, Dickinson removed her makeup with mayonnaise, washed her face with yogurt and then splashed apple cider on it as an astringent ? a ritual she learned from Makeup Wizard Way Bandy...
...30th book, Michener manages to cover 15,000 years of African history, from the ritual-haunted tribes of Bushmen to present-day Afrikaners obstinately jeering at appeals for "human rights...
...that kind of night. For once, the ritual incantation of "Jeez the puck just wouldn't go in for us," did not echo through a sonber Crimson dressing room. Instead, backslaps and shouts of congratulations prevailed. When quiet occasionally did intervene, it was the sound of quiet satisfaction...
...results were made official, the winner was at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, on his third journey east since Election Day, presiding over a lunch at Blair House for women members of Congress. There he was given a preview of the demands that will begin to supplant the ritual once he is in the White House. Democrat Shirley Chisholm, whose district contains Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant ghetto, asked what he was going to do about jobs for the inner cities. Reagan briefly explained his support for an innovative proposal to establish free enterprise zones that would provide...