Sentences with phrase «local traditions over»

In particular it illuminates how each of these six artists has participated in international art discourses, merging global awareness with local traditions over a 55 - year span that was punctuated by the 1979 Iranian Revolution and subsequent eight - year war with Iraq.

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With scant grounding in constitutional text or tradition, court majorities took it upon themselves (usually over strong dissents) to remove a number of matters from legislative and local control.

I sympathize with the latter because I have witnessed too many persons pound others over the head with local traditions that they equate with Christian Tradition.

The United States has a strong tradition of welcoming the persecuted, from its founding when people were fleeing religious persecution in Europe to now where we've resettled refugees from over 40 nations in partnership with local communities.

Wealthy Hamptons homeowners are brawling with blue - collar locals over an old East End tradition — cruising an Amagansett beach in trucks and SUVs on summer Sundays.

Unlike that time - honored tradition of city dwellers heading to the East End in the summer, attendance at the legendary horse races at Belmont has diminished over the years, which is why Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recently announced plans to add a $ 1 billion dollar arena and retail space to the property has gotten locals talking.

The book pictured with Ms. Murphy's choice of local, nutrient dense fare is none other than the paradigm busting cookbook Nourishing Traditions which propelled my own journey into the wisdom of Traditional Diets over 13 years ago!

American education remains deeply reluctant to do this, since it requires overthrowing any number of traditions and practices — from child - centered pedagogies, assumptions about student engagement, and other progressive education ideals, to local control of curriculum, the privileging of skills over content, and the movement toward mass customization of education.

Michael J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative education policy research group, said the United States has a tradition of local control over education, «and as long as that's the case there's going to be disparities.»

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

A local tradition since 1942, expect to see decked out trees from over 50 countries and lights galore.

For over forty years, National Trust Tours has been offering inspiring programs that uncover the traditions and unique elements of each culture through thoughtfully - planned expeditions, stimulating lectures and guidance led by expert historians and naturalists, and engaging discourse with the local communities.

The Whale Centre Maritime Museum displays found artifacts donated by Tofino locals over the past quarter century and exhibits tradition first nations from jewelry and artwork to whaling equipment and a complete 12 metre long (40 feet) skeleton of a gray whale.

Sourced from all over the world, from as far afield as the Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir and Bhutan with their rich and ancient handicraft traditions, to our own local South African arts and crafts.

The Kama'aina breakfast mixes Hawaii's local and Portuguese traditions and features a pair of eggs cooked as you like them (I like mine sunny - side up), over Lup Chong Jasmine fried rice with bacon, slightly spicy Portuguese sausage, traditional breakfast link sausage, and green onions.

The exhibition will feature over twenty of Puryear's works from the late 1970s to today, highlighting the impeccable hand - crafting skills he developed while travelling to Africa, Sweden and Japan, where he learned local craft traditions and wood - working techniques.