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...deliver them. The churches in the U.S.S.R. are not permitted to distribute books publicly, conduct classes or discussion groups. Indeed, they cannot evangelize at all. The sermon is the only means left to instruct the faithful, but priests have long been expected to limit their remarks to matters of ritual...
According to this view, black solidarity is an immature defense mechanism for students who would rather act out than cope more effectively with reality, and a useless ritual within a diverse academic community...
Except for one small crack, the basrelief is perfectly preserved, a sign that it was apparently buried prior to the Spanish invasion, thus escaping destruction by the conquistadors. Along with the stone, diggers found six skulls, stone knives and other objects possibly linked to the ritual human sacrifice practiced by the Aztecs. Scientists suspect that many more pre-Columbian objects may lie hidden under Mexico City's streets...
...resurrected Kalki's appearance on the tube features the dance of eternity, the ritual that signals the end of the world. It gets a Nielsen rating of 49. It is also the very last picture show. As Kalki concludes his dance, the earth's 4 billion inhabitants drop dead simultaneously. The feat has been accomplished by having Teddy Ottinger unwittingly rain a pattern of 70 million plague-infested paper lotuses throughout the world while flying the cult's private 707 on what she thought was a promotion tour. Only five people are left: Kalki/Kelly, his wife Lakshmi...
After I've exhausted the limited resources of suburbia, there remains that most hallowed of vacation traditions--visiting the relatives. In my family, that's quite a ritual, because the bulk of my father's large family still lives in one very clannish neighborhood in Brooklyn. They inhabit a world where no one ever moves away, women get married at 18 or 19, and everyone knows everyone else and what they're doing. Visiting my grandmother, one of the local matriarchs, is always an occasion Despite our protest that we have eaten, overeaten, or can feel our aortas congealing into...