11.   De la Renta was engaged in an annual rite of summer, the new fragrance fete.

12.   Did his family never celebrate any religious holidays, any annual rites, any birthdays?

13.   Every year, in an annual rite of spring, SBC Communications discloses the principles that it follows in setting pay for its top executives.

14.   Ewing would undoubtedly be bracing for his share of the blame, for what has become an annual rite of the New York spring.

15.   For more than half a century this has been an annual rite, organized by the Baker Street Irregulars, the organization of Holmes devotees.

16.   Garner refers to the pitching staff of the American League All-Star team, assembled at The Ballpark in Arlington last year for the annual mid-summer rite.

17.   In what has become an annual rite of summer, a coveted free agent has spurned the Lakers after using them for leverage to get a better deal elsewhere.

18.   In what has become an annual rite of Tony season, this year had its share of prenomination confusion and controversy.

19.   Introducing CD box sets, those intricately designed shrines to the faithful, has become an annual rite of the record industry.

20.   In these parts, doubting the manager is an annual rite of spring, along with T rides to the ballpark and hot dogs as a pregame meal.