The exchanging of jerseys at the end of a soccer match is a longtime ritual that is well established in the sport, even as it has evolved.
It's a longtime ritual that used to begin on Friday morning, when Mr. Wooster would fire up his Toro push mower and edge the paths with a vengeance, Mr. Law said.
(Published July 3) 2. JERSEY SWAPS, A RITUAL WITH A STORY The exchanging of jerseys at the end of a soccer match is a longtime ritual that often speaks to a player's standing in the game or marks a chapter in his career.
But there's every expectation that the annual mailing of the ballots, a longtime Oscar ritual that has sometimes become a heavily attended photo op, is a thing of the past.
Even in a town circumscribed by history, ritual and hidebound reminiscence, a longtime establishment can adapt, and Siro's, a 121-seat gathering place for the Learjet set, has done just that.
After the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Hoboken, N.J., led to dozens of arrests last year, the mayor decided to put a stop to a ritual that while beloved by many longtime residents, had become increasingly rambunctious in recent years.
In interviews, longtime Stamford Symphony patrons who gathered at a Chinese restaurant for a ritual preconcert supper earlier this year generally offered praise for the orchestra.
In the devotional ambience, a few judiciously selected Wiener Werkstätte objects — a table, a clock — have the presence of ritual instruments; a necklace designed for the artist's longtime friend Emilie Flöge feels as numinous as the bones of a saint; and the Bloch-Bauer portrait is, as it always is here, the central altarpiece, magnetically meretricious, transcendently profane.
WHEN the performance artist Marina Abramovic separated from her longtime partner, Ulay, in 1988, they decided to honor the occasion with a ritual.
In the less fortunate communities along the New Jersey and New York coastlines, longtime residents and seasonal faithful talked of what has become a sad seaside ritual, rebuilding a storm-damaged boardwalk.
They're seated in a back room of Factor's Famous Deli on Pico Boulevard, a boisterous group of longtime Hollywood funnymen, enjoying their lunch, which is somewhere between a meal and a ritual.
