Word: rites
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three other basilicas in Rome? St. John Lateran, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Mary Major?specially deputed cardinals will "batter down" other holy portals. The symbolism of the rite is variously interpreted?by some as representing the return of Adam and Eve (i.e., humanity) to Paradise through the intercession of Christ; by others, as having sprung from the fact that the medieval church was sanctuary for fugitives...
Kettledrums, kicks and wisecracks are the most agreeably combined in the following diversions: Kid Boots, The Grab Bag, The Rite Revue, Rose-Marie, Ziegfeld Follies, Dixie to Broadway, Scandals, I'll Say She Is, Annie Dear...
...white man's civilization. When theatre crowds are bustling along the noisy streets of Buffalo and Montreal, the forests will look upon familiar scenes from the past. While sacred fires shed an eery glow upon the pines, red men will dance as of old, with mystic rite and stately tread, chanting their hymns to the Great Spirit...
...clock this morning the Lampoon Board will perform the sacred rite of planting the 25-foot American elm in front of its building...
...best and the worst jokes from the various funny papers such as the Tennessee Mugwump, the American Legion Weekly, and the Daily Mail. The fact that a number of these jokes are really funny indicates that the young collectors have not yet caught the solemn spirit of the ancient rite...