Sentence examples for basic traditions from inspiring English sources

On the one side was postmodernism, "a revolt against the basic traditions of Western civilization".

In literature there are two basic traditions of verse epistles, one derived from Horace's Epistles and the other from Ovid's Epistulae heroidum (better known as Heroides).

Throughout Middle America and in the Andean area, this appears to have been a time of consolidation and establishment of the basic traditions that dominated the development of high cultures in the New World up to European contact.

In the eastern United States, two basic traditions utilizing the woodland areas appear to have grown from an earlier culture that was present in that area by 6000 or 7000 bc.

This is a continent where thousands of ethnic groups and cultures across a vast and diverse landscape nevertheless share basic traditions that dictate that a child whose parents have died is the responsibility of the broader family and community.

Most seem to be unaware of even the basic traditions of formal attire, let alone that it is considered tacky to wear a tuxedo before 6 p.m. "Very often, they want to wear a tuxedo at 12 o'clock in the afternoon," said Frank Jedda, the director of Kleinfeld Men.

Prices and quality also change when you taste; first a basic "tradition" riesling at €6.80, then €9.80 for one grown in a particular "clos" in the vineyard, followed by €18 for those classified grands crus.

The New York Times wrote: "The plot of Money is in a basic, grand tradition.

As a result, the common view of the United States until well into the 20th century was that it was a country of one basic political tradition: liberalism.

"We depart from this basic judicial tradition when we simply pick and choose from among similarly situated defendants those who alone will receive the benefit of a 'new' rule of constitutional law". Desist v. United States, 394 U.S. 244, 258-259, 89 S.Ct.

But he charged that opponents of his request for renewed CIA aid to the contras with abandoning a basic American tradition of helping allies in need.