(Remember the black kid who touched Obama's hair to see if it felt like his?) I'd like to attribute this familiarity to my relative overconsumption of the news, and to my short tenure as a junior staffer at the White House, where, by long-standing custom, Presidential photos hang on most of the walls.
"It is our long-standing custom to invite the U.S. president to the National Jamboree".
Lyttelton, who was soon appointed Governor of Jamaica, requested assistance from Dobbs, but North Carolina's militia could not be convinced to serve outside of its home province due to long-standing custom.
Garment factory jobs have begun to undercut this long-standing custom, as parents — sometimes the daughters also speak up for themselves — challenge how much, if any, dowry is required when the bride-to-be earns a steady salary.
Along with various gameplay tweaks, the update moves the game to the Source engine version used with The Orange Box, allowing the game to utilise particle effects, as well as adding a new official map based on a long-standing custom map for Day of Defeat and 54 achievement awards for players completing certain tasks.
Given long-standing customs of subordination, the traditional disparity of power, and the typical difference in size and strength between men and women, the threat of physical harm and the differential exercise of economic and political power are sufficient to maintain male dominance unless the law intercedes to counteract these forces (Husseini 2007; Manderson 2003; Schneider 2000; Rhode 1997).
Such climate-related changes in long-standing customs and ways of living ultimately lead to stress, mental disorders and suicides.
Both of these are cinematic customs of long standing, but does anyone still believe in them?
Interviews an artist called Yoyo, who paints pictures on the roofs and sides of public buses, a long-standing Panamanian custom.
Most people contributed to funeral expenses, a long-standing local custom.
Foreign service officers adhere to rules and customs that are of long standing and have proved indispensable to governments in conducting their international relations.
