Word: customs
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...better part of 200 years, conservatives followed a different path. British statesman Edmund Burke was the movement's founder. A fierce critic of the French Revolution, Burke had contempt for rigid ideologues of all stripes and instead attached conservatism to restraint, custom and convention...
Some of the victims have already been buried in accord with Islamic custom, Belquis Roshan, a woman on Farah's provincial council, told TIME by telephone. But if the higher total is confirmed, it would amount to the deadliest single attack on civilians since the American-led invasion that ousted the Taliban in 2001. Worse, it's part of a growing pattern. According to U.N. figures, 2,118 civilians were killed in conflict-related violence last year, a jump of nearly 40% compared to the year before. Of that figure, pro-government forces were responsible for 828 deaths...
...buses are usually given some sort of minimal window dressing, often in the form of windshield decals featuring Tweety Bird, Jesus, Real Madrid or all three - the "Chicken Bus Trinity." But in Panama, these red devils - nicknamed for their colorfulness and reckless abandon - are given a complete and enthusiastic custom detailing makeover that makes MTV's Pimp My Ride look modest by comparison. (See the 50 Worst Cars of all Time...
...Penne, that means the students tour the factory floor, where they observe some of the 220 steps (and 20 hours) that go into making a single jacket. Some 1,500 suits a week are turned out, with prices ranging from $3,385 off the rack to $4,740 custom-made. In the silent hum of the manual assembly line, the students can see the 60 stitches that go into one buttonhole and watch the fabric being hand-cut with 13-in. scissors. Still, most of their time is spent, needle and thread in hand, in a brightly lit third-floor...
...pleased that Stein has the courage to write about his feelings about the "violent tribal custom" of circumcision, but I do not understand why he cannot stand up to his wife and why he would do something that he is "pretty sure is wrong." Please, Mr. Stein, do not do it! Nobody has the right to make such a decision for another human being. Vincent Favata, ELMWOOD PARK...