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...recent party in DeWolfe, members joined hands to perform the ritual. It was a tighter squeeze than it used to be, but they still...
...love their children." This apparent elation at the sacrifice of a child, she says, is a ceremony forced on mothers by a society in which men decide for their women. "It's the result of so much pressure within society for a mother to fall into this ritual even if she has to eat up the grief she feels...
Saturday’s dramatic death in the Quincy courtyard is part of Assassins, a springtime House ritual that pits different groups of students against each other with the goal of eliminating the other teams’ members...
...McKean writes. “One must make the decision to be a disciple, then be baptized for the forgiveness of [one’s] sins to be saved and receive the Holy Spirit.” This stance opposes the typical Christian view of baptism as a symbolic ritual but not necessarily a requirement for salvation. Even those already baptized in another Christian church must go through the BCC rite...
...Sheesh. It's a neat bit of contortionism, to be able to flagellate yourself and pat yourself on the back at the same time. The ridiculous thing about this now-ritual apology/self-congratulation is the notion that, at every awards show since the tragic events, we've suddenly been forced to rediscover why the Oscars, the Grammys, the TV Guide Awards or whatever really are important...