It was a tradition.

This has become a yearly tradition.

I know, I said. I'm aware of this custom.

Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.

However, tradition can only become a tradition when both parties agree to it.

The multimedia window displays play on the balance between tradition and cutting edge technology.

Efforts to curb the tradition of consuming dog meat have been successful in the past.

But this year, the shadow of racism hangs over this beautiful tradition.

People seldom appreciate how deeply these characteristics are woven into the university tradition.

In Christian Ethiopia theft is an abomination, now corruption has turned to be a national culture.

In line with the Islamic tradition of accepting the People of the Book, the young sultan granted amnesty to the patriarchate.

In line with the Islamic tradition of accepting the People of the Book, the young sultan granted amnesty to the patriarchate.

Blair s legacy has thrown Brown into a confusing oscillation between Britain s transatlantic tradition and its European connections.

Obama s comments represent a break with the long standing tradition of official American silence on European monetary affairs.

The 12 years of Jacques Chirac s presidency, together with France s tradition of alternation in power, suggests a victory for the left.

Most, if not all, are located in countries that have a stronger tradition of state involvement in the economy.

Sin City 2 is not just a retreat, but an utter capitulation of the radical Miller Rodriguez stylistic addition to the comic tradition.

Their childhood and any life aspirations they might have had are extinguished by this age old tradition.

Another political tradition in Greece is the welcoming of the new prime minister by the former one in Maximos Mansion, the official seat of state.

Germany's ties to the West, he argued recently, represent the belated bourgeois revolution which is our democratic tradition.

On the one hand, the moral and jurisdictional principles of the democratic state have continued to be applied in Israel in accordance with the tradition of the rule of law.

Yet the celebration of the New Year's Eve, the Soviet people's most favorite holiday, still remains a cherished tradition among many people in the region.

It became tradition because previously, in most cases, it hadn't been possible to make good fresh fish.

Not part of Bush s team, Bernanke was protected from political pressures by America s long tradition of respect for the Fed s independence.

Notions of what is right and wrong often collapse under the irreconcilable tensions between tradition and modernity, the individual and the community.

Some Muslims, including clerics, maintain that covering women s faces is not actually a Muslim tradition.

No one comes up with the idea to storm the Kremlin walls in Moscow, while attempts to take the White House in Bishkek have already become a tradition.

It also established a new tradition of stability in economic policy, continuing and reinforcing the previous Conservative government s commitment to fiscal discipline and low inflation.

In this respect, Blair s premiership marked a fundamental break with the Labor Party s tax and spend tradition.

As such, with each beating of the Venezuelan drum there is a connection with the coast, the beach, the santería, their celebrations and dances.

This is the eighth anniversary of the festival, and it is described by the local government as follows More than 200 art and cultural activities are planned to promote multicultural, modern, and cosmopolitan exchange, which has become a tradition in the capital of the country.

The tradition attracts a number of people and lines are always long, as blogger Cyrano recalled

At the heart of the film is the question of whether the tokal institution can be considered a Kazakh tradition, or just a luxury that a well to do man allows himself.

In disseminating its propaganda, China's government is availing itself of America's cherished tradition of free speech and a free press by placing a paid advertisement in the Des Moines Register, Branstad wrote.

My full admiration for this girl's guts and courage and her decisive refusal to the compliance with this century old stupid tradition or practice of dowry in our sub continent.

Dutch graffiti artist and blogger BNE posts some photos of Zwarte Piet, and asks Is The Dutch Holiday Of Sinterklaas s Tradition Of Black Pete Racist?

For the most part, however, making moonshine is a relatively safe and popular tradition in Russian dachas, and is the explanation many have given for the decline in vodka sales.

The centerpiece of Nowruz observances is the Haft Sīn table setting of seven symbolic foods all starting with the letter 'S' (سین in Persian).

Lebedev, a member of the ultra nationalist political party LDPR, also underlined that smoking is not a Russian tradition the habit was introduced by Peter the Great (that is, 300 years ago).

This anthropocentric vision is carried by the Christian tradition in the message that man is made in the image of God and that the Son of God sacrificed himself for man.

But the more you distrust politics and your politicians, the more anger will manifest itself in uncontrollable ways, especially if your country is imbued with a romantic revolutionary tradition and culture.

Whaling is a very ancient tradition in many countries where fishing is a primary activity and Japan is one of those having practiced whaling for some thousands of years.

Earlier this year, Afghanistan took an unprecedented policy step in the battle against the 'child bride' custom by launching the National Action Plan to Eliminate Early and Child Marriage.

Although registered as a crime under Kyrgyzstan's criminal code, the government has consistently lacked the political will power to punish perpetrators, many of whom mainly rural men have come to regard the act as a 'tradition' and a birth rite.

Although some 17 percent of Kazakhstanis view the New Year's celebration as a 'foreign' custom, over 70 percent of the country's people say they cannot imagine the New Year's eve without Ayaz Ata (the Kazakh version of Ded Moroz), Snegurochka, and a decorated tree.