Sentence examples for old clan from inspiring English sources

Many reprint old clan rules, and maps of family graves and landholdings.

The locals believe people are simply settling old clan feuds by telling the Americans their rivals are jihadists.

Under the old clan system this would have been just the moment to knock Mr Berezovsky off his perch.

Other ultra groups: Masseria, Blue Tiger, Nucleo, Old Clan 91, South Boys, Cobra, Wanted, La Iene, Mastiffs, Teste Matte, Vecchi Lions, Brigata Carolina, Ultra Girls, Ladies Napoli On the afternoon of 10 May 1987, a deathly quiet fell over the city of Naples.

But old clan loyalties are still strong.

The first was old clan tensions, difficult for outsiders to perceive.

Today worse than ever!" Auchincloss's father came from a family that had something of the presence in New York of the great old clans, although it wasn't clear why.

Those initiatives have been a threat to members of the old clans based on the East Bank of the Jordan River who were King Hussein's core supporters, who made up the backbone of his security services and who benefited the most from public-sector jobs and patronage.

This is partly due to the centuries-old clan networks that enable Somalis to raise money rapidly and move it around, relying purely on trust.

Attrition has reduced that number to a single unit that 20 years ago "took the name of the oldest clan, the Macduff," that was located in Manhattan, he said.

But underlying all of this are even older clan disputes, dating back to Timor-Leste's days as a Portuguese colony.There were hopes, at independence, that the UN's intensive, and expensive, efforts at nation-building would have reasonable chances in such a small and relatively homogeneous place as Timor-Leste.