Word: sacredness
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Many long-time lovers of the Boqueria view such change as a betrayal of a sacred tradition. Sniffs Guy Bonrepos, who has owned a French cheese shop at the market for 20 years, "A lot of the old produce stalls have been bought and changed for the tourists. They take...
After Watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I asked several children in the audience if they felt that the movie portrayed a "secular, bureaucratized, all-too-human sorcery, in which psychology and technology have superseded the sacred." They all answered no. They said it was a lot...
Athletes who misbehave are a shame but not a surprise. But referees? Commish David Stern curtly confirmed that the NBA is cooperating with the FBI in sifting evidence that ref Tim Donaghy had bet on games, including some he officiated. Insisting that all other refs are clean, Stern denounced this...
Fortunately, one sacred summer pastime remained constant throughout our formative years, which we would defend at all costs: attending outdoor summer concerts. A rite of passage that was inevitably the highlight of our vacation, the outdoor concert was an activity that ushered my friends and me simultaneously into summer and...
It almost goes without saying that as a young, progressive-minded American Catholic, I'm at odds with many of the church's rules and with much of its politics. You might thus infer that my generation instinctively rejects the age-old traditions of the church. That would be wrong...