Sentence examples for notorious tradition from inspiring English sources

When the disgraced former banker Dominique Strauss-Kahn indulged in orgies, was he simply a free-spirited libertine following in a notorious tradition dating back centuries and pervasive in French culture?

Even classical poetry may be hard to publish intact.In this section Thirst Good intentions turned to shame Southern Africa's unmentionable curse As you were Best-seller Stowing away to nowhere ReprintsIran has a notorious tradition of censorship dating back to the shah's regime.

In a break with tradition, the notorious ascent of Mont Ventoux will be featured on the next-to-last day of the 2009 Tour de France.

Christian pokes fun at Rebecca's college, Magdalen, notorious for its archaic traditions.

There was nothing modest about the Ba'athists' inaugural reign of terror; few knew it then, but it was chiefly his handiwork, and quite different from anything hitherto experienced in a country already notorious for its harsh political tradition.

But the underlying issue is important: The "translator of words" is permanently at risk of producing a finished text firmly in the tradition of those notorious instructions for Japanese household appliances.

The decision follows in the warped tradition of the notorious 2010 Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate money in US elections and gave birth to that uniquely American monster known as the Super PAC groups that are free to raise as much money as they can squeeze from the rich.

The decision follows in the warped tradition of the notorious 2010 Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate money in US elections and gave birth to that uniquely American monster known as the Super PAC groups that are free to raise as much money as they can squeeze from the rich.

Martin Amis's Lionel Asbo is only the most recent and notorious blunder in a long, ignoble tradition of posh boys trying to talk chav.

A cover-up of any aspect of the episode, if proven, would be an instance of the notorious Blue Wall of Silence — a tradition of officers not disclosing other officers' actions, whether wrong or not.

Chinese culture is notorious for the value it places on tradition.