But if the wars and recurring examples of the establishment behaving badly have taken a wrecking ball to national pride, haven't there also been other vandalisms chipping away?
Faulting government officials for exhibiting a strong bias against religious groups, the survey of five government departments found recurring examples of officials who imposed restrictions far beyond anything required by law or regulations.
Recurring examples of insurers digging up and scrutinizing customers' old records after they get sick suggest perverse incentives for companies to dump their customers once they fall ill.
An alternative approach, however, which can circumvent the need for recurring examples is to build biophysical/thermodynamic models that account for all of the relevant molecular events taking place on a segment of DNA, including nucleosome formation (Raveh-Sadka et al. 2009; Segal and Widom 2009; Wasson and Hartemink 2009).
Certain bright steps happily recur; for example, when ballerinas end supported pirouettes with one leg suddenly extended high to the side.
Some state laws allow for waivers of the rules when the episode is a one-time event not likely to recur, for example because of a change in medication or episodes that occur only during sleep.
For example, recurring design motifs on old record covers are the inspiration for a series of funky, improvisatory wall installations.
In the Sahel region of Africa, for example, recurring drought harms human welfare and can contribute towards destabilization in the region.
Snopes started out fact-checking urban myths (for example, recurring claims that the moon landings were staged) but amid concerns about fake news and its impact on democracy, the site became a resource for calling out false stories.
In a recurring motif, for example, the film director struggles to recall if — and, if so, how — his parents' house was made to serve as three different houses by the camera's artful angles and exposures.
