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• n  an inherited pattern of thought or action
• n  a specific practice of long standing

• Bucking tradition, Amva decided that she would run the school.
• The Mosuo, a small matrilineal tribe in central China, are preserving their traditions by exploiting them.
• BASEBALL Sic Transit Tradition "Baseball is an old-fashioned game with old-fashioned traditions," says Walter O'Malley, owner of the World Champion Los Angeles.

• custom

News & Articles

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• Tradition, past queens honored at Portuguese Festa
  To the thousands of Portuguese people living in the Sacramento Valley, Sunday's festa in Orland was a celebration of thanksgiving, faith and keeping alive the traditions that have survived for more than 700 years. The 70th annual event was also all...
  June 19, 2013 - Colusa County Sun-Herald
• Tinkering with Tradition:Recent Farmer's Market Changes
  The third installment of “Tinkering with Tradition” will appear online and in the June 23 issue of Main Line Suburban Life. The three-part series (the first two parts can be read online at mainlinemedianews.com) explores recent changes at the Lancaster County Farmer’s Market in Strafford, including Old Homestead’s controversial ouster by the market’s owners. The final report will focus on the ...
  June 18, 2013 - Main Line Suburban Life
• Memorial Day tradition in Beverly is canceled
  BEVERLY, Mass. -- A Memorial Day tradition in Beverly was canceled this year.
  June 18, 2013 - 7 News Boston

Quotes

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• Leon Panetta in Bloomberg
  Panetta, in his statement, told his CIA colleagues that while "there is a long tradition in Washington of making political hay out of our business," the "debates about interrogation reached a new decibel level" when Pelosi at a May 14...
• Lisa LaFlamme in Toronto Sun
  To follow in the footsteps of Lloyd Robertson is an enormous honour and extremely humbling,LaFlamme said in a statement. "I remain dedicated to upholding the solid tradition that Lloyd has created."
• Pope Benedict XVI in Los Angeles Times
  Fidelity to your Christian roots, fidelity to the church's mission in the Holy Land, demands of each of you a particular kind of courage: the courage of conviction, born of personal faith, not mere social convention or family tradition,...