Hospitals traditionally ask patients to avoid solid food for a minimum of six hours before surgery, and liquids for at least two hours.
Many authors feel that as the industry changes, some of the terms traditionally asked of them are no longer reasonable – but most also believe that, provided the terms are right, publishers remain a vital part of the equation".
Software vendors have traditionally asked security researchers to alert them first when they find bugs in their software, so that they could issue a fix, or patch, and protect the general public.
Television networks traditionally ask for directors and writers to film a pilot – a standalone episode that acts as the first of a new series – before agreeing to commission a season.
Admiral Gary Roughead (a former chief of naval operations) and Kori Schake of the Hoover Institution, a think-tank, say that part of the problem is that the Pentagon traditionally asks for equal budget shares for the army, the navy, the air force and the marines.
After recording a new backing track, reggae producers have traditionally asked several different singers to record their own vocal interpretations of the tune - so each could be released, and the producer would be able to make as much money as possible out of each studio session.
The panel's chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said the GOP demands were beyond the scope of those traditionally asked of previous nominees, Republican and Democrat – a point echoed by his Republican colleague, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
A few minutes before noon, when the ex-Beatle traditionally asks fans around the world to flash the peace sign and say the words "peace and love" in whatever time zone they're in, a stream of stars, largely but not..
A few minutes before noon, when the ex-Beatle traditionally asks fans around the world to flash the peace sign and say the words "peace and love" in whatever time zone they're in, a stream of stars, largely but not exclusively from the music world, emerged from the Capitol building and joined Starr on a riser in front of the crowd and a couple of dozen TV camera crews.
(Catholics traditionally ask Christ's Blessed Mother to be their Blessed Mother too).. Christianity may be metaphorically compared to a race.
