Lots of western countries had strong unions at the time, but there was a malign genius to the pencil-sucking, more-than-my-job's-worth-mate restricted practices invented in Britain.
Such American educational innovations as cooperative learning, problem-based teaching and portfolio assessment are examples of the practices invented by teachers and researchers in the United States that are now commonly found in many Finnish classrooms.
The roster includes lawyers from Proskauer Rose, an international law firm, which claims that it "practically invented the practice" of sports law.
Richard C. Wade, an emeritus professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a specialist in the history of cities, pointed out yesterday that New York practically invented the practice of so-called multiple voting way back when.
"[Sinha] saw an opportunity to improve a stagnant practice and invented a new approach that takes full advantage of today's technologies," True's D'Augelli said in a statement.
He's developing plans to make a documentary about psychomagic, a type of shamanistic practice Jodorowsky invented that he calls a very artistic and modern take on psychoanalysis.
Since I don't do yoga, it was, I said, "a stretch," but after saying that the practice was invented by a famous baseball player, "Yoga Berra," I scored a 10 and went on, with three other contestants, to the semifinals.
To be both founders and adherents of a "Sheila-ism" or a "Murph-ism" -- that is, to participate in the postmodern practice of inventing and practicing one's own hodge-podge religion -- is a uniquely empowering proposition.
The house of Hemmerle's subtly sumptuous, sleek and chic jewelry style, standards and practices were invented in the 1990s by Christian's father, Stefan Hemmerle.
