Custom
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But most observe a rule that is deeply embedded in international law and custom: claims should be pursued peacefully and by mutual consent.
Moreover, a
custom
has been repeated that should be changed.
For example, while the Koran allows for a measure of female inheritance, tribal
custom
does not authorize it, which explains the popularity of tribal councils to resolve inheritance problems and cheat women out of their rights.
Girls know that there are options to an unacceptable way of life: women are increasingly demanding more from life than what
custom
ordains.
It is the idea that a nation characterized by profound differences of caste, creed, color, culture, cuisine, conviction, costume, and
custom
can still rally around a democratic consensus – namely, that everyone needs to agree only on the ground rules of how to disagree.
Low morale results from too little kindness and decency; it is a failure of
custom
and manners, a loss of social purpose, a diminution of the ability or the will to distinguish right from wrong and then to act rightly.
The annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, where the president is lampooned by the press, is a relic of this
custom.
Its strength is that it has preserved an idea of itself as one land embracing many – a country that endures differences of caste, creed, color, culture, conviction, costume, and custom, yet still rallies around a democratic consensus.
Twenty-first-century financial technology will facilitate direct trading in a variety of different currencies, eliminating the need and
custom
of routing virtually all international transactions through the dollar.
According to local custom, funerals are held after loved ones have gone missing for four months, so that a period of mourning can give families some closure.
Overseas owners were less than understanding of the German
custom
of paying a thirteenth monthly salary at Christmas.
Today, you can read about jewelry and
custom
can openers, much as three decades ago you could have read that the personal computer would enable people to keep their recipes organized.
Today, most of the African, Arab, and Asian countries blighted by the
custom
female genital mutilation are nonetheless signatories of the international conventions that condemn this practice, particularly the international Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the international Convention on the Rights of the Child.
He writes: “It is a fearful problem for the ordinary person, with no special talents, to occupy himself, especially if he no longer has roots in the soil or in
custom
or in the beloved conventions of a traditional economy.”
National constitutions are increasingly likely to guarantee gender equality, but many also recognize the authority of parallel legal systems based on custom, religion, or ethnic affiliation.
In any situation where, legally, one’s rights are not enforced or even specified, the outcome will probably depend on custom, which is heavily skewed in favor of the rich.
But, while these shifts will bring new benefits to consumers – such as faster delivery and
custom
clothing – they will come with costs.
America wants to conclude as many free-trade agreements in the region as it can, while Brazil favors expanding its
custom
union, Mercosul/Mercosur.
So, once again, Argentina will stand out among that small group of countries that are reluctant to comply with legal custom, if not with legal findings.
Child marriage is another unacceptable
custom
that robs girls of opportunity.
A land divided by caste, creed, color, culture, cuisine, custom, and costume is united in consensus around a great conviction: cricket.
Our ugly pre-Christmas ritual butchery can be christened a "traditional, folk custom," a sacred rite deeply embedded in the fabric of Romanian nationhood.
When invited to begin negotiations to join the EU, both were told what must be done to get off the list: tighten border and
custom
controls, stiffen penalties against drug traffikers and illegal immigrants, and make identification papers impossible to forge.
With the IMF so dominated by the US (it is the only country with a veto) and Europe (which, by custom, appoints its head), the Fund was long seen as representing the interests of international creditors.
Making matters worse, the cause of cow protection has now been linked to another persistent and destructive
custom
in Indian society: violence against Muslims and Dalits (formerly called “untouchables”).
Traditionalists recoiled at women going to work, dressed in jeans and other non-Indian clothing, returning home late at night after shifts in call centers attuned to Western business hours, freed from the bonds and the bounds of local social
custom.
(Rather than veto the resolution, as is the US custom, President Barack Obama’s administration abstained from the vote.)
By custom, all free male inhabitants of a county had the right to participate, while women were excluded.
Referendums are hardly a British custom, either.
Members of a similar Dutch mission who agreed to follow Chinese
custom
and kowtow to the Dragon Throne found more favor with the imperial court.
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