During a recent meeting in Gansu Province of mostly female Muslim educators, researchers, writers and local Han Chinese officials — there were also some non-Chinese Muslims from Pakistan and Taiwan, according to online reports — "some people argued privately that China should 'go out into the world' with this good tradition," spreading the word, said Ms. Shui, who was among the participants.
The "Vexations" tradition spread rapidly in the years after the Pocket Theatre performance.
The tradition spread through the growing black press and by word of mouth as East Tennessee migrants settled in neighboring states.
The first important phase of the Novgorod school lasted through the 12th century and the first half of the 13th, a period during which the Byzantine tradition spread from southern Kiev, the first capital and cultural centre of Russia, to the northern centres of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal.
It is a fixation that is rooted in the time-honored campaign tradition of spreading bad news about the other guy.
"There is a German tradition, now spreading in European countries, of putting a stone in the pavement in front of the house where a person lived before they were deported".
The tradition of spreading wild cards across the region is largely unique to the ATP and WTA tournaments in Doha and Dubai, which, since adding WTA events in 2001, have given passes into the main draw of their singles competitions to men and women from Arab countries including Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates (as well as to Sania Mirza of India, who is Muslim).
The last Swiss Expo was held in Lausanne in 1964, but the current fete breaks the single-site tradition by spreading out to four lakeside towns -- Neuchâtel, Biel, Murten and Yverdon-les-Bains -- where innovative "art beaches" have been constructed along the shoreline.
I try to continue in that tradition when spreading my ass for these fat slave-driving parasites.
Taking advantage of clear skies that graced La Cañada's Memorial Park Thanksgiving morning, some 1,600 men, women and children participated in a local holiday tradition still spreading its wings after more than two decades.
Linda Herbert, the resident clown at the hospital who goes by "Lotsy" while on the job, told The Huffington Post that the tutu tradition began spreading throughout the building last summer and now, more than 150 employees wear the zany skirts.
