Sentences with phrase «long held tradition»

The shoulder pole carried by this women is a familiar sight in East Asian countries and a bit of an icon, and long held tradition.

Recent Arsenal fans may only think about the ding - dong battles with Man United for the League title or the uncanny hold Chelski has had over us until this season, but it has always been a long held tradition for the Gunners to hate Tottenham more than any other team.

April 14, 2012 at 10:30 am God has a long held tradition for all us humanists who do and whomever doesn't believe in Godly reconciliations!

The city sands out from revious cases for the reasons the author mentions (prayers are almost always christian, name a specific deity) but also because this wasn't some long held tradition.

Knowing nothing of the long held traditions of the Northern Arapaho, I find it hard to comment on this blog.

Consequences can be disastrous in the short term for the individual personal injury client and in the long term for our long held traditions of respect and trust for someone whose job is to uphold the law.

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The following year, FIFA abandoned its years - long tradition of holding executive meetings at Baur au Lac, where suites cost $ 4,000 a night, and moved to another five - star hotel that was expected to save the organization tens of thousands of dollars.

Maritime tradition has long held that «the captain goes down with the ship.»

In the last couple years, the global sales for snack products has reached $ 374 billion, dethroning the time - old tradition of three square meals a day from its long - held spot.

After neglecting a long - held annual tradition of meeting with British Columbia's premier, Inslee has recently rekindled that alliance, pushing plans to create an «innovation corridor» between Seattle and Vancouver.

continues the series» long - held traditions of rhythm - based, pattern - matching boxing action and lighthearted ethnic stereotyping.

The Bank called Governors» Day a «long - held tradition that is open to all employees — including members of the Monetary Policy Committee — including their families, with the aim of recognising their hard work and dedication... The annual event is an important one for all Bank employees and the Bank strongly believes that this carefully budgeted event is worthwhile.»

(CNN)-- CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Eric Marrapodi explains how the Pope's new book challenges long held Christmas traditions.

If those in the church who are in favor of changing long - held attitudes and ordinances relating to homosexuals were merely cultural relativists with no regard for the Bible or tradition, the debate would be easier.

And how much power, exactly, does the EU have to compel its member states to abandon long - held traditions?

The answer is pretty specific and pretty basic and it has to do with human sexuality, as that is how LGTQ, or current label differ from long - held teaching and tradition, and also what nature would seem to indicate.

The Word can divide traditions and loyalties long held sacred.

Noddings finds the Judeo - Christian tradition especially culpable in women's denigration: there is the Adam and Eve story, with Eve held responsible for accepting the serpent's temptation and leading man to sin; the Old Testament «uncleanness» references and practices; the long history of burning witches; even the veneration of the Virgin Mary.

I think I hold to some hodge - podge mixture of both ideas: Buildings and holidays and traditions can be redeemed, as long as they do not consume our values and mission.

Whether a genuine miracle the Western Church has ignored or simply the blessing of natural fire to become something more, Holy Fire is one of the longest - held Easter traditions in Christianity.

«They've been active in Iowa for a long time, so a tradition has taken hold there.»

The phrase has been a long - held tradition but is being challenged by an atheist who wants it removed.

Although there are some legitimate zones for theological disagreement, this viewpoint holds that there are some fundamental Roman Catholic truths, and that if one is not in agreement with them, one simply no longer stands in the Roman Catholic tradition.

It provided also the starting point for the long theological tradition of classical monopolar theism in the West, which held that divine perfection was exclusively the perfection of eternal and immutable being.

Challenging long held religious traditions may not score any points with those with closed minds, but every major religious movement began with those with the courage to be authentic.

In fact, you could argue that Millennials» comfort with re-examining long - held traditions — and, sometimes, jettisoning them without hesitation — is one of their most Christ - like qualities.

I can ask the heretical questions, challenge the long - held traditions, or maybe even agree with something.

The Brazilian will surely be chased by bigger teams before long but is one player the Merseysiders simply must hold on to if they are to play the kind of football that has become tradition under the management of Rodgers.

When a player joins the first - team squad, it is a long - held tradition that they must sing an initiation song in front of their new team - mates.

Today the Hipp Family is managed by three brothers, Claus, George and Paulus Hipp, who have held true to the long tradition of producing the purest and most nutritious, biodynamically grown, organic foods on the market.

Baby boxes are a long - held tradition in other countries, such as Finland.

Given the long - held cultural distrust of fruits and vegetables, tradition dictated a long boiling time to remove impurities and harmful substances.

«60 The dictionary entry mentions that, given the new practice of feeding infants solids before the age of one year, «if [the Gerbers] were to begin manufacturing baby foods, they would be bucking long - held traditions of baby care, and had no idea of what their potential market might be.

Prof. Ivan Addae - Mensah also dispelled long - held views that Dr Limann won the 1979 election because of a split in the UP tradition, the progenitor of the current New Patriotic Party.

Mayor Noble restored a long - standing Kingston tradition by holding his inaugural on New Year's Day.

Creating more staff scientist positions will be an ongoing challenge because long - held traditions create cultural barriers to change, and limited funding reinforces the use of more affordable postdocs.

Sunday's «birthday» celebration, a tradition among transplant cancer survivors, capped a day - long workshop on HIV cure research on the eve of a major HIV scientific meeting, the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, or CROI, being held in Seattle.

I do think that if we hold on to some of those traditions too long, they become outdated and then they date us.

2008 is a leap year and a long - held tradition dating back to the fifth.

One of her first acts was the removal of a long - held tradition of opening the festival with an Australian film.

The awards also effectively skirted the awkwardness of having an accused man in the spotlight by shifting around long - held presenter traditions and having Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence present the best actress award instead of Casey Affleck.

From inspirational elocutions to gutsy send - ups of the system, the long - held tradition of the commencement speech is a must at graduations from kindergarten to college.

Educators seeking to reform grading must combat five long - held traditions that stand as formidable obstacles to change: (1) Grades should provide the basis for differentiating students; (2) grade distributions should resemble a bell - shaped curve; (3) grades should be based on students» standing among classmates; (4) poor grades prompt students to try harder; and (5) students should receive one grade for each subject or course.

Some scholars and lawyers have argued that because Washington did not rely on its Blaine Amendment to exclude Davey from its scholarship program, and because Davey was seeking funding for a program that might train him for the ministry, the ruling merely upheld a long - held state tradition of not funding clergy training.

That champagne shower is a long - held tradition in motorsport.

Its mainstay products, like the Accord and Civic (with the exception of its USA - market 1993 — 97 Passport which was part of a vehicle exchange program with Isuzu (part of the Subaru - Isuzu joint venture)-RRB-, have always employed front - wheel - drive powertrain implementation, which is currently a long held Honda tradition.

Seems easy enough, except shunning meat means Sasha has to give up a long - held, secret family tradition: dining on human flesh.

Long recognized as hallmark of memorable events at the exclusive beach destinations of Riviera Nayarit by Puerto Vallarta area, the family - owned Grand Velas brand holds more than 20 years of hospitality tradition offering world - class service awarded 5 Diamonds by AAA, luxurious accommodations, flexible meeting spaces and fine dining experience.

Here at Casa Travelfish we have a long - held tradition of leaving the purchasing of travel insurance till the last possible moment — generally the bags are at the front door when we remember to buy it (at which time we log on to World Nomads and buy it).

Travel Editor Joe Brancatelli discusses the continuing incompetence of the TSA, and Curtis Bashaw, owner of Congress Hall, drops by to discuss the community's long - held traditions, and how Congress Hall continues that legacy today.