Members of the Giuliani administration were conspicuously absent from the ceremony.

The ravages of the disease were so severe that his father had to be driven to and from the ceremony.

The absence of key senior figures from the ceremony has also been noted.

Wonder was again absent from the ceremony, as he had developed an interest in visiting Africa.

He believed that no one really noticed his absence from the ceremony because the others were wrapped up in the moment.

Information from the ceremony was used in the case against the Mafiosi.

No one wanted to risk being excluded from the ceremony.

He was as when she last saw him, his dark hair tied back with the ceremonial cloth ties from the Given ceremony.

How is marriage different from the ceremony we perform today?

In more recent years, this entertaining song has been cut from the ceremony by administration at the last minute for unknown reasons.