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...Cambridge. 497-0576. Downstairs: Miles Dethmuffen, Janet LaValley, Velveteen on Thurs., April 6. Brainiac and Garden Variety on Fri., April 7. Leftover Salmon on Sat., April 8. Gage on Sun., April 9. Our lady Peace on Tues., April 11. Last Poets on Wed., April 12. Upstairs: Curtain Society, Curious Ritual, St. Cimera and Partners in Flight on Thurs., April 6. Peter Wolf on Fri., April 7. Lyres, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Johnny Black Trio and Drysdale on Sat., April 8. Lois on Sun., April 9. Technical Jed on Tues., April 11. The Last Poets on Wed., April...
...balmy shores of Cape Canaveral, the Florida native faced the 18[degrees]F chill of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. When he chatted with crew mates, he spoke the language not of Neil Armstrong but of Yuri Gagarin. And when he tried to follow the American astronauts' ritual of eating a piece of cake before launch, the Russian flight doctors said nyet. Instead, Thagard and his fellow crew members, cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov, carried out a Russian tradition: they urinated on the tires of the bus that had brought them to the launch...
...wonderful dynamics between the three "tall tale" heroes. They from a triumvirate whose role alters in the context of each scene. They are the guardians of the land, and of a dying way of life. In a bar, a simple toast with mugs of beer becomes a mystic ritual, the personifications of the West (Pecos Bill), the South (John Henry) and the North (Paul Bunyan) saluting each other solemnly. They are also role models and surrogate fathers to Daniel. The heroes teach him to be self-sufficient, but in the end they are also there to help...
...logically include almost every religion now sanctioned by the Ministry in this definition, at least in their early stages. Webster in fact agrees with this all-encompassing usage of cult. In the 10th Collegiate edition of Merriam-Webster, a cult is described as "a system of religious beliefs and ritual...
...party where four men and one woman, wearing bobby socks, penny loafers and a red scrunchy in her hair, danced completely naked. When I brought up the subject in a later conversation, the person next to me said "Oh. FOP people were there." Although skinny-dipping is a ritual part of the FOP experience, some FOPpies like to preserve the magic by getting naked whenever they're together...