11.   Sophie Ciszewski, a registered nurse from Jersey City, brought her family to Manhattan for their yearly ritual of gazing at window displays.

12.   Teams flock to warm havens such as Florida and Arizona for their yearly ritual of spring training.

13.   The department store, where shopping for those stiff cotton Easter dresses, tight patent Mary Janes, and straw crowns was a yearly ritual.

14.   The matriarch of the Clemente family will lead a procession of her children, grandchildren and friends on their yearly ritual.

15.   Thousands of teachers from several states have been camped in parks and on sidewalks for a week as they press their salary demands, a yearly ritual.

16.   Criticism of Cuba -- also a yearly ritual -- provoked the most forceful response outside the U.N. debating chambers.

17.   Despite the misgivings, it is difficult to dismiss the value of and the need for going through this yearly ritual.

18.   Here comes the yearly bonding ritual officially known as Canada Day.

19.   Malaysian leaders also visited an open house hosted by the Malaysian Chinese Association, part of a yearly ritual to support racial harmony.

20.   The yearly ritual is one of the few annual occasions in which the sprawling palace grounds in central Tokyo are opened to the public.