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Bill and I did not know about brain cells or synapses or the newest discoveries in neuroscience. Reading to Chelsea became a daily ritual because it's what our own parents and grandparents had done with us, and because we wanted to spend quiet time with her every day. Bill's grandmother thought that reading to him would help him develop a strong vocabulary and the language skills he would need later on in school. My mother and father placed a similar premium on reading, and to this day I remember the feelings of security and comfort that I felt...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: "This is one of the last great rituals of the Republic," reports TIME's White House correspondent J.F.O. McAllister on the eve of President Clinton's fifth State of the Union Address. "People really do gather 'round the television and listen to the President detail his plans for the country." McAllister says Clinton will try to equal the success of last year's address, delivered amid a series of government shutdowns, which immediately turned the tables on Congressional Republicans. Clinton's declaration then that "the era of big government is over" became his most memorable line, while then...
Tens of thousands of students, intellectuals and elderly citizens had poured into the streets of downtown Belgrade to celebrate their election victory when, on Nov. 21, the court rulings turned their joy to outrage. In an afternoon ritual that showed no sign of abating, they pelted Milosevic's ministries with snowballs, eggs and paper airplanes while serenading his government's empty office windows with catcalls, whistles, kazoos and jeers. Prominent among them was Djindjic, 44, his charisma, intellect and charm suddenly allowed full play in what had become not only a Serbian theater but also a world forum. Foreigners were...
...folklore at Oberlin College. Her theatrical vision was shaped most decisively by a four-year stay in Indonesia, where she absorbed a whole non-Western ethic of theater. "I was so inspired by being in a culture where theater was the fundamental form of communication," she says. "In Bali, ritual performances are as important as going to school. Theater is not something you pay to see; everyone participates...
...nice to keep the businesses in the Square healthy, I'm more concerned about the health of my bank account and of my body. A money-saving compromise is the heist of apples and other pieces of fruit from the dining halls, an act that has become a nightly ritual for many...