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...witness an end and a beginning and to share the making of new commitments," said the pastor. "Barbara and J.B. have decided, after much effort, pain and anger, that they will no longer be wife and husband." They were severing their marriage just as it had begun, with a ritual...
...Like no president has before, Summers has turned to the council as the only institutionalized and formal representative of the College’s students. He has already visited twice and has said he wants to make his Sunday night trips to Sever 113 a once-a-semester ritual. The man accused of having poor people skills is making a concerted attempt to look like he listens. By pledging to stay abreast of the council’s doings, Summers has made his dedication to students very concrete. You can say whatever you want about shenanigans with faculty or administrators...
...iron man is a yearly ritual for the team. Over the course of the season the upperclassmen work together to evaluate the freshmen, and then they select one freshman to swim in every heat of every event in the last home dual meet of the year. Even during the diving breaks the iron man must keep on swimming. This year the appointment went to Alex Siroky...
...lessons are more complex than Griffin lets on. “He has this ritual,” Clancy explains. “First he gives you this spiel. Whenever you get attacked, like if someone is approaching the van, the first priority is to throw the keys in the bushes and run. Protect the van.” According to the Hartford insurance company, which oversees the van training, Griffin should take his charges on a six-hour spin in Cambridge. But Griffin mixes it up with other routes. “The [Harvard] insurance office wants...
...colorful annual ritual is supposed to be one of the Pudding’s shining moments each year...