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...Guide me O thou great Jehorah. Pilgrim through this barren land: I am weak but thou art mighty: Hold me with thy powerful hand." The sentiments were noble ones, but of course one hardly takes that kind of thing literally any more: Morning Prayers is simply the sort of ritual Crooks enjoys about Harvard...
Psychic Energy. There are also the author's ritual mentions of the liver as if it were a window on the soul, psychosomatic illness, and plenty of vigorous metaphors on the uses of terror, dread and psychic energy. He even parodies Rojack of An American Dream by playing around on the terrace ledge of his hotel room, high above the streets of Kinshasa. As always, Mailer is keenly aware of his own celebrity when mixing with other celebrities. As always, no one can cut the competition as well as he does. Zaire's President Mobutu reminds Mailer...
...pilgrims attending the ordination and the throngs at other events were proof, it seemed, of the continuing strength of Catholic piety. The attendance is also something of a personal triumph for Paul. Whether at the 3½-hour ordination or at his massive weekly outdoor audiences, the rigors of ritual have served to rejuvenate the 77-year-old Pontiff...
...years ago, Paul spoke openly of his doubts. "We have asked ourselves if such a tradition should be continued in our times," he said, because of all the changes since Vatican Council II and "the practical lack of interest in many parts of the modern world in the ritual expression of other centuries...
Almost immediately, it became clear that never did so few have so little to say to so many. The historic first transmission was a 100-min. broadcast beginning with "Question Time," the daily parrying ritual in which M.P.s ask Cabinet ministers about matters of policy. Those who tuned in hoping to gauge their M.P.'s mettle or even recognize their voices were often completely confounded by the Commons' rules of procedures. Questions were recorded in advance on an "order paper," and the Speaker later posed them by simply referring to the number of the question and name...