Word: traditionalizing
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Similarly, the critique that this is a peculiar gesture or in some way not in keeping with a tradition of diplomacy misses the mark; former President Nixon attempted a similar gesture when he met with an emperor of Japan in 1971, albeit with more success. Nixon certainly had other problems...
The Glee Club, according to tradition, sang “10,000 Men of Harvard”; in an irreverent turn, this was followed by an electronic remix composed by Noam Hassenfeld ’12.
I did a little snoopin’ on the Interwebz, and apparently, Harvard’s athletic tradition dates back to 1780, when “a group of sophomores issued a challenge to members of the freshman class for a wrestling match. Afterward, the winners [were] treated to dinner...
“They’re very good, they’ve got a very good program and a long-standing tradition and certainly we feel like we’ve established that here,” she said.
There was more to the choice of Van Rompuy and Ashton than their individual qualities. In the classic European tradition of horse-trading, the E.U. tried to balance out the top jobs according to political background, geography and gender. Indeed, the Lisbon Treaty states that the two jobs - and that...