Sentences with phrase «clan structure»

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While their namesake company — over which they exert considerable control, thanks to a two - tiered share structure — remains the foundation of the family fortune, the Rogers clan have also moved into real estate.

Ancient cities, Weber notes, were socially structured by a separation between those who made a claim of descent from the founding clans (patricians) and those who could make no such claim (plebeians), a separation often spatially represented by the isolation of plebeians either at the foot of the sacred hill of the polis or in ghettos clustered at the walls.

Furthermore, anyone who has studied ancient Near Eastern culture knows that the familial structure we see represented in scripture was nothing like the nuclear family epitomized by the Cleavers, but would rather have included multiple generations and relatives living together in clans, with women working long hours «outside of the home» in the fields, tending sheep, gathering food, trading goods, etc..

It may also be, as a number of competent scholars have maintained, that Jethro the Midianite was a Kenite, a clan related to tribes long in residence in south Canaan; and that the form, structure, and even the terminology of Moses» faith was influenced by the relationship.

It may even be that Jethro the Midianite was more narrowly a Kenite, a member of a clan related to tribes long in residence in the south; and that the form, structure, and even the terminology of Moses» faith were influenced by this relationship.

Parties still treated ethnic minority's as «bloc votes» to be targeted, it added, claiming that «engaging solely with leading figures within traditional clan - type structures or religious institutions can be divisive and risk creating «community gatekeepers» rather than real engagement with voters».

Contrary to current beliefs viewing gang structure as hierarchical and clan recruiting processes as rigorous, Red Gang members described their gang structure as a loose social network into which individuals drifted through friendships with current associates; similarly, gang leadership was said to be the result of personal dexterity — individuals ascended to command status because of their personal traits — rather than the outcome of a selective system imposed from above.

Schreier, A.L., Swedell, L. (2009) The fourth level of social structure in a multi-level society: ecological and social functions of clans in hamadryas baboons.

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It has the texture of a documentary but a classic, almost Shakespearean structure: when patriarch Slimane acts on his wish to open a portside restaurant specializing in his ex-wife's couscous and fish, the extended clan's passions and problems explode, leading to an engrossing, suspenseful climax.

A quick overview of Craven's early career segues into a brief discussion of the origins of this film and the reaction to The Last House on the Left — a fascinating corollary between the brutal treatment of the Beane clan and the clan's own brutal behaviour reveals the roots of Craven's amazingly scholarly / satirical approach to Hills, a lot of which (the classical structure, the allusions and metaphor) survives in the final product no matter how imperfect the picture.

The extended clan convenes in Chicago for the twins» birthday celebration, which gives the flick the semblance of a structured storyline.

The centrality of traditional practices in Somali society is such that most of the legal interventions even when it comes to sexual violence tends to be undertaken by clan or community authorities through the customary laws structures.

Competitive Play: Participate in PvP, team - based combat, or even clan wars to build your own governmental structure in the Skies world.

«Pulp Fiction» — Arguably Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece, the interwoven stories between the cast of anti-heroes echoes the same structure of Yakuza 5, where players will bounce between the game's 5 playable characters and carefully navigate the power struggle between warring clans.

Thanks to a plethora of post-launch content updates, Warframe now offers activities like structured PvP, player - run clans which have their own dedicated social spaces, an engaging on - rails space - shooting gametype called Archwing, and, most recently, a new open - world exploration space which allows players to roam around freely and engage in mini-games like fishing and mining.

Diplomacy, trade, war, and raids are all aspects that must be balanced when trying to navigate the political structure of your relationships with rival clans.

Within the tribe, the Metareilá Association worked within the social and political organization structure of the Suruí people to discuss project development issues and priorities with the local communities, working with all four clans that represent the Paiter - Suruí, namely Gameb, Gamir, Kaban and Makor.

In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers have found that sperm whales not only have such a language system, but that they seem to have distinct dialects, suggesting that these whales use cultural learning to form multilevel, social structures, where individual whales with the same behaviours seem to band together in what the scientists are calling «clans.»

... whatever the precise structure and traditional definition of the Yawuru people at sovereignty might have been, a change from a community similar to a patrifileal clan - based community at or before sovereignty to a cognatic or ambilineal based community is a change of a kind that was contemplated under the «contingency provisions» of those traditional laws and customs.

Traditional law and custom may lead native title holders to seek to design their PBC so that differentiated native title rights holders, different estates or clan groups, or the traditional authority of elders, are reflected in the PBC structure.

Flexibility of the national representative body's structures and processes is important in order to reflect and represent the full diversity of Indigenous cultures and situations in Australia, whether at family, clan, community, language group or national level.

Strategies: Advocate to all levels of government to increase community capacity in governance; advocate language, skin groups, and clan estates as the basis for representative structures; develop alternative roles for Indigenous representation (youth, traditional owners, women, recognised leaders).

Mary Shirley's death forced a sudden reordering of her priorities: Golder shelved her college plans, resettled into her parents» home — her husband commuted every other weekend from Davis - Monthan Air Force base in Tucson 70 miles away — and focused on providing support and structure for the clan.