Sentence examples for tradition of nominating from inspiring English sources
They have a tradition of nominating fun, bantamweight cheerleaders from the West, like the previous Miss Congeniality types Dan Quayle and W., and then letting them learn on the job.
And while Republicans enjoy a tradition of nominating their front-runner, Mr. Bush has less national campaign experience than any Republican nominee since Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was elected president in 1952.
The move, if it materializes, would break the tradition of nominating an American to the post and could bolster support for Washington-based multilateral institutions while blunting Mr. Chávez's attempts to create his own rival institutions.
But the idea of nominating Mr. Bratton met with strong resistance from British police authorities and others who said the head of the Scotland Yard was by tradition a Briton.
Agenda: Election of nominating committee.
That's why establishment Republicans abandoned their party's long tradition of a nominating convention in favor of a primary.
In the fall of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson broke with this tradition by nominating Robert McNamara, his Secretary of Defense and the chief strategist of the war in Vietnam.
Mr Boorman attacked the tradition whereby Europe nominates the IMF's managing director while the United States chooses the president of the World Bank - despite a recommendation to the board three years ago that the process be made open and transparent.
By tradition, a senator nominated for an executive or judicial office was confirmed immediately and without debate.
No, that would be "The Leftovers," which also had the best direction, and, in the grand tradition of the Emmys, didn't even get nominated.
There is expected to be particular opposition from Russia which, in keeping with the tradition of rotating the top job between regions, expects to nominate the candidate from eastern Europe.
