Sentence examples for elderly customs from inspiring English sources

In this he has been inspired by art historian and Gorky scholar Ani (Arsinée Khanjian), whose son Raffi David Alpayy) happens to be working on the film, and who, on coming back to Toronto from Turkey, has to tell his story to an elderly customs official played by Christopher Plummer.

Alaska shows a special respect for the elderly, a custom grounded in part in the deference accorded elders in native cultures, and in the fascination many people here have with the time when Alaska was a territory (it became a state in 1959).

They also recall the customs of elderly chuetas who traced their fingers along the stone remnants of the former synagogue and surreptitiously kissed their fingertips.

The problem was aggravated in France both by the widespread custom of leaving elderly relatives behind at vacation time and by the practice of shutting down parts of hospitals while doctors and staff members take monthlong August vacations.

Further, the elderly preserve and transmit traditions and customs that define a people's cultural identity, even in times of social disintegration.

He persuaded Americans to sign petitions to stop the Toronto polar-bear hunt and put an end to the Canadian custom of leaving the elderly to die on ice floes.

This article discusses some of the challenges involved in custom-designing vaccines for the elderly, and suggests several immunomodulatory strategies that may enhance vaccine responsiveness in this age group.

Boys are in demand because under Chinese custom the male child cares for elderly parents.

You see elderly women dressed all in black, as is the custom among Egyptian widows.

An elderly woman leaned out the window of a van at the customs booth and grinned.

On the one hand, choice of home delivery, represented by the category 'embedded in tradition', was related to their faith, the ascendancy of elderly women, the advantages of staying at home and the custom of traditional birth attendants (TBAs).