In a springtime ritual, the Legislature's independent budget officers picked apart the executive branch's revenue projections for the current fiscal year and the next, which begins in July.

Some customs, such as the "Funken" a springtime ritual with pre-Christian origins involving a huge bonfire, are still being practised by each separately.

The bill that Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has vetoed with the regularity of a springtime ritual is similar to the death-penalty statutes around the country.

Dancers were common for springtime rituals; they also act as a metaphor for peaceful commonwealth in this painting.

The Apache tribe had a springtime ritual.

Many homeowners store screens without repairing them, and so cleaning and rejuvenating them is a common springtime ritual.

An ancient symbol of rebirth, the sacrifice of a lamb is a springtime Christian ritual shared with other religions, including Judaism and Islam.

The raisings, which bring ordinary citizens and members of environmental groups together, have become a springtime ritual.

Some, um, springtime ritual.

It's sort of a morbid springtime ritual, medical-student humor - one day their cadaver just disappears.