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Wilson unwittingly acknowledges the unreliability of his sources when he claims that "monogamy, chastity and even celibacy must have been practiced by some Elizabethans, but one does not derive the impression from their ­writings that such conditions of life were the norm" (my italics).

Anti-pedophile activism has been associated with illegality and violence in the past, and has been practiced by some of society's more unsavory characters.

Local religions are practiced by some of the Papuan communities.

Protestantism, both Lutheran and Calvinist, is practiced by some ethnic Hungarians and Germans.

He is openly awestruck by the creative philanthropy being practiced by some other inheritors he has met.

She shopped for hippie-style jewelry at botanicas in the area, and was exposed to Santeria, which was practiced by some of the local Puerto Rican population.

Western music is practiced by some 90 percent of the population, while Southeast Asian examples are heard only in mountain and inland regions, among about 10 percent of the people.

With the Renaissance in Italy, modelling in wax took a position of high importance, and it was practiced by some of the greatest of the early masters.

"Both bouldering (without ropes) and sport climbing (with ropes and prefitted clips) are practiced by some of the world's most amazing athletes, and yet their sport gets no recognition at the Olympics.

Several had also been shot through the front of the feet — a crime that was practiced by some rebels at the time these men were captured, apparently designed to keep the prisoners from resisting or running away.

Perhaps the neatest trick along these lines is practiced by some species of Central American acacias, which harbor colonies of specialized ants that not only sting herbivores, but also kill vines and seedlings near their host plant.