He plans to keep the public out of the Saturday ceremony, breaking decades of tradition for first inaugurals.
Of course, with the Giants rolling into town, the Seals were immediately forced out, abruptly ending five-and-a-half decades of tradition and success in San Francisco.
It's an approach that sounds an awful lot like pandering to the masses, but to Andrews, it's rooted in decades of tradition.
But those decades of tradition — a longtime concern of the university administration — are now the focal point of an investigation into the death of a drum major 10 days ago, and the reaction so far has been significant.
New York City officials are keeping secret the names of tens of thousands of retirees who get pensions from the city, a step that breaks with decades of tradition and has outraged advocates of open government.
That would break with decades of tradition that began when Mr. Romney's father, George Romney, in 1968 released more than 10 years of tax returns in an effort at full disclosure during his presidential campaign.
— The Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates the sport's history at this time each year by inducting at least one new member with small-town pomp and fealty to decades of tradition.
However, he is not without guilt at having pulled Sam into a "pathological condition": that of spending the better part of one's free time hoping against hope for the Red Sox to buck eight decades of tradition and finally win.
Mr. Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public — breaking with decades of tradition in presidential contests — has emerged as a central issue in the campaign, with a majority of voters saying he should release them.
Frankie Whiffen, 23, the university's student union president, said: "It's outrageous that decades of tradition should be shelved because big brother is worried a group of grown adults can't catch a hat properly.
