Despite his absence, twin rituals proceeded here: celebrators gathered for Christmas in battered Bethlehem, and journalists gathered to report on how forlorn Christmas is in battered Bethlehem.

Even as the ritual of rallying behind the President proceeded, the White House still had considerable political work to do.

With Lucha handing Cigarro the wom bits of apparel, and the manager pulling and molding the clothes against his matador's legs, the intricate ritual of dressing the bullfighter proceeded.

The rituals of combat were proceeding.

In 1985, Burkert claimed to have put together some of the pieces of how the sacrificial ritual actually proceeded.

Although Duncan's ritual proceeds normally, Morgan's is interrupted by the arrival of King Donal Blaine.

Just as she gets there - actually, just as she takes her first lick of an ice cream cone - Maylia meets Julian, a 6-foot-5 stranger, with whom the rituals of courtship proceed, shall we say, expeditiously.

As the ritual dating back to the medieval era proceeded, Gregorian chants were sung by several religious orders with the people responding to each verse with the ancient Greek prayer, "Lord, have mercy" or "Kyrie eleison."

Drinking rituals differ by region, but in formal situations would proceed from youngest to eldest.

As the ritual proceeded Rod made his responses automatically, his mind on this new problem.