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January 22, 2008 ... PJs and snow -- did the ritual work? ... It's not the catchiest name, but it's crystal clear: the Pajamas-Inside-Out, Spoon-Under-the-Pillow-Snow-Day Ritual. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/01/snowday_superstition_1.html
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April 30, 2008 ... comments. What's your pre-flight ritual? ... A certain host makes sure he goes through the same ritual every time he boards, just to keep the aviation gods happy. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/04/the_gods_of_flight_must_be_cra.html
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October 30, 2008 ... Perhaps it's a good luck charm. (John McCain has lucky shoes) Or a ritual you believe must be performed to bring you good luck. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/10/october_30th_show.html
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July 14, 2008 ... was about to commence. I remember the precision and utter seriousness with which the elaborate ritual was carried out. And I had ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/07/access_denied_arlington_war_de.html
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March 25, 2008 ... debauchery. To no one's surprise, I'm sure, I was far too... too something* to participate in this ritual during college. And, now ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/03/real_girls_going_wild.html
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January 22, 2008 ... Dursin lets us in on one of his students' superstitions that's actually remarkably widespread: the Pajamas-Inside-Out, Spoon-Under-the-Pillow-Snow-Day Ritual. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/01/january_22nd.html
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January 15, 2008 ... Not so very many years ago, American correspondents assigned to South Asia or Pakistan made an almost ritual visit to a remote valley in the Northwest ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/01/in_the_shorthand_of_journalese.html
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July 25, 2007 ... (And I'm about to print my boarding pass.) It's a summer ritual for frequent fliers to complain about the surge of young kids on planes. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/07/totn_on_a_plane.html
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July 11, 2007 ... Monica Hesse took the rule to kids and adults and found some pretty funny results (kids know to scream, "5-second rule!" in order to invoke the proper ritual. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/07/5second_rule_rules.html
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May 16, 2007 ... The upfronts are a sort of strange mating ritual, where stars are paraded in front of ad agencies, and network bigwigs plead with marketers to consider the ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/05/tube_time.html
