Yellen faced some mild freshman hazing from members of the committee, but nothing that affected her calm, methodical demeanor.
A startling number are prepared to undergo painful or humiliating hazing rituals to join.
He is one of the centrists whom Mr Bush will need if he is to work across party lines, so this ritual hazing hardly boded well.The Republican senators then gave their leader, Bill Frist, an instrument for enforcing party discipline: he may now fill some vacancies on committees himself, overriding traditions of seniority.
That of an enthusiast or that of an opponent?Take hazing experiments.
Harsh Agarwal of CURE believes that Indian undergraduates mimic the kind of hazing rituals they see in Hollywood movies "but they don't really understand and get it wrong".
But opponents of the idea are inclined to insert the word "Faustian" first.The smog of warOne reason for rejecting sulphate hazing out of hand might be the damage it could do to the ozone layer.
Clarence Thomas, a black conservative, was narrowly confirmed in 1991, but only after enduring what he called a "high-tech lynching" over allegations that he sexually harassed a colleague.Mr Souter, who was picked by President George Bush senior in 1990, escaped with only a light hazing, largely because he was so little known.
The researchers may also extend their net to non-religious rituals, from hazing by army special-forces groups, to the intoning of corporate hymns.
Gap, a clothing retailer, abandoned a new logo in October after a week of concentrated online hazing.
Fraternities, which are usually all-men, have made headlines for hazing, boozing, racism and allegations of rape.
But all that changed when Senator John McCain thrust her into the national spotlight.The backlashShe had a few days to cram for a hazing most candidates spend years preparing for.
