Sentences with phrase «few good traditions»

It is one of the very few good traditions in state government.

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And at least a few of the 22 players on the roster join fans in the parking lot for a little barbecue, in the good old midwestern tradition of tailgating.

It seems that Canada is one of very few countries with good dividend traditions and your list is very valuable for investors.

Some turn to the East, particularly to Taoism; some to Native American perspectives and other primal traditions; some to emerging feminist visions; still others to neglected themes or traditions within the Western heritage, ranging from materials in Pythagorean philosophy to neglected themes in Plato to Leibniz or Spinoza; and still others to twentieth - century philosophers such as Heidegger or to philosophical movements such as the Deep Ecology movement.9 As one would expect in an age characterized by a split between religion and philosophy, few environmental philosophers turn to sources in the Bible or Christian theology for help, though some — Robin Attfield, for example — argue that Christian history has been wrongly maligned by environmental philosophers, and that it can serve as a better resource than some might expect (WTEE 201 - 230).

But also because the Anglican tradition, at its best, showcases scripture itself in a way that few others do.

Consider how Martin Buber's studies of Hasidism evoked rather good feelings from well - educated, middle - class Jews toward the Hasidic tradition (relieving the prejudice that the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, had raised against the Hasidim) Consider also that very few of these folk seriously contemplated taking up a Hasidic lifestyle.

Whether in the foreseeable future these renewed traditions will become the culture - wide possession of many or the preserved treasure of a marginal few, Timeless Cities is a good introduction for anyone who wants to begin thinking about the complexity of the task.

For a special few, the Masters represents everything good about the game of golf: Tradition, decorum, fair play, and, most importantly, elaborate landscaping.

Liverpool and Manchester United are still probably the two biggest clubs in England in terms of history and tradition as well as trophies, Manchester City are now serious players at the European level, Everton possess narrative in spades including not a few national titles and even the likes of Preston North End (The Invincibles, Tom Finney), Blackpool (Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Armfield), Blackburn Rovers (Alan Shearer et al.) and others have a position in the upper consciousness of the game.

This April Fools» Day, play a few funny tricks on your kiddos and start a tradition of who can do the best pranks in the family.

Taking a few moments today to plan for (or create) traditions is well worth your time.

Negotiations had been running well into the night most days, with only a few bills being debated, and passed in the wee hours of the morning — an unfortunate tradition in Albany, where virtually nothing seems to happen until it absolutely has to.

Of course, we've been thinking of establishing traditions in the broader sense as well, but fall is the start of the holiday season and that time of year when making memories together feels more important than ever.Last year, when Grace was just a few months old, we went on an impromptu trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden and had the best day walking around in the sunshine, just being together as a family.

Rinse and repeat for a good few centuries, and by the 1500s the University had become the focus of a very British tradition known as «going to uni.»

It's a tradition as old as... well, probably a few years, anyway.

We already a know it's affected the Oscars a few ways: Tradition holds that acting winners from the previous year return to present the same award to the other gender, but last year's Best Actor winner Casey Affleck («Manchester By The Sea») will not return.

Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.

There is a shortage of surprises for viewers who have seen more than a few movies (animated or not) before, but the light and laid - back atmosphere (in spite of context that's supposed to be dramatic) yields a fair amount of laughs and a generally good time, in a breezy take on the British comedy tradition.

Over the last few years, though, Hollywood has started breaking from its annual tradition of dumping their stragglers in the winter graveyard and saving their best films for the warmer months, and while 2011's early film slate still contains its share of obvious duds, the studios have seen fit to bring us plenty of movies worth getting excited about, from animated and / or family - friendly fare to comedies, dramas, and action.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

When I created the Crow characters in my book, whom I loved dearly and who felt very real to me, I tried to be both realistic and respectful, and I strove to be accurate when depicting the few Crow traditions that I included in the novel, as well as the Crow language.

Fresh Pellets: There are several good pellets on the market now such as Kline, Mazuri and Tradition to name a few.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good tapa, but tradition is so strong in Jerez that once you've been here a few months, you start to realize that the restaurants» menus are almost identical to one another.

Few escape the city's high rises during a short stopover, but Nick Boulos stayed longer to discover Hong Kong's forgotten cities, ancient traditions and the best food on Earth More

While it does have flaws, this is still a good RPG that sticks to tradition with just a few idea's of its own thrown in.

In relation to the previous cycle reads have few years of tradition, the authors of the program have made many changes, among which the foreground stands out even better visuals.

Victorian painting developed the Hogarthian social subject, packed with moralizing detail, and the tradition of illustrating scenes from literature, into a range of types of genre painting, many with only a few figures, others large and crowded scenes like Frith's best - known works.

Though her paintings reflect her Western upbringing and education, she feels a strong affinity for the Chinese Literati tradition where art is created for oneself and a few friends, with the belief that the way to better one's «art» is to work on one's understanding and spirit first.

Furthermore, even if most of his landscapes do have an Irish flavour, they fall squarely within the European plein - air painting tradition of the likes of Nathaniel Hone the Younger (1831 - 1917), Augustus Nicholas Burke (1838 - 91), Frank O'Meara (1853 - 88), Roderic O'Conor (1861 - 1940), Walter Osborne (1859 - 1903) and John Lavery (1856 - 1941), as well as Newlyn artists Stanhope Forbes (1857 - 1947) and Norman Garstin (1847 - 1926), to name but a few.

Attempting to re-create your former traditions can be difficult at best, so why not try creating a few new ones?

Here at Legal Blog Watch we like to mark the passing into obscurity of certain trappings and technologies of the lawyer's life (for better or worse, there are always a few tradition - bound codgers who refuse to let things become completely obsolete).

The intent is to identify the best and the brightest... and reward -LSB--RSB- those few who will carry on the tradition of legal scholarship as professors, scholars, and jurists...»)-RRB-.

I'm not ready and partly it is due to a silly tradition that I have made for myself... waiting until Christmas Eve for a few last minute stocking stuffers, Since Christmas is on a Wed. and I have to work on Tues., this may NOT be a good idea this year!