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Admiral Anderson has a worthy predecessor in his war on profanity, one who was equally adamant about "that unmeaning and abominable custom, swearing." His name was George Washington...
...Whose surname is different because he was adopted by his wife's family, a common custom in Japan...
...decoration in an arch in Parma's church of St. John the Evangelist. Two Studies of a Man Suspended by his Leg was Andrea del Sarto's preparation for an unappetizing commission: a painting for public display of some traitors who were to be shown, according to custom, hanging by one leg. One feature of the collection is a number of scenery designs done by Inigo Jones; some still have the daubs of paint dribbled by careless scenery painters nearly three centuries...
...loves out of the village ritual, and independent as a "shooting star," rides off with her. Feuding at last, the groom chases after them; the two men meet and kill each other. The bride makes a definite return to the village, announcing that she has followed the rule of custom at least in that she remains caste--and so leaves Leonardo to be the tragic protagonist, the only individual outside the force of ritual and hence the only character to whom Lorca gives a specific name...
...Hong Kong, the ancient Chinese custom of concubinage agitated the island colony's women. In the past, a concubine would move right into her keeper's house after acceptance by his first wife, who was then able to keep tab on the doxy and watch out for her husband's interests. A concubine's children would address the No. i wife as "Mother," their own mother as "Elder Sister." Today an estimated one-third of Hong Kong's men have a tsip, or second wife, recruited from dance halls, but keep her on a part...