France's ski team had been a heartening exception to the recent national tradition of sporting failure; generously subsidized, in 1961 it had dominated international events. (si.com)
This taxonomic drive to preserve national tradition continues to the present day. (gagosianquarterly.com)
Yet Jewish thinkers were right in believing that they possessed in their own national tradition something of higher value than a secular civilization could offer. (religion-online.org)