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  • This would signal that we still take short fiction (all fiction) seriously, that it is part of a rich historical traditon to which new fiction continues to aspire and that more is at stake than providing a few more writers with vitae items or adding yet another "little magazine" to all the others sitting forlornly on library shelves.

    Writing and Publishing 2010

  • There still persists a tradition of anti-traditional writing, but to identify new works that exemplify this traditon as "postmodern" no longer offers much illumination.

    Postmodernism 2010

  • Scholars and critics fluent in the "context and traditon" of the national literature at hand, ideally of the specific writer in question, could provide, through preface and appendices, relevant commentary that would surely illuminate some of the darkness in which we are now asked to approach translated work.

    Translated Texts 2010

  • It is important that the hunting traditon and culture gets passed down from generation to generation or WE all will be like our dead extinct ancestor.

    Why We Finally Stop Hunting 2008

  • ACTUALLY, JIM, it is remarkably "reliable" considering some sources date from beyond THREE THOUSAND years ago, first as oral traditon then as written stories, then finally edited, ammended and "polished" before being committed to the "final" forms we know today.

    Christianity Today does Q&A with Francis Collins on faith and science | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • The way in which we understand how we understand has to be based on reason in some way, as we all approach scripture, traditon, and experience with a certain bias.

    A Parable and a Testimony James F. McGrath 2009

  • The traditon would go on if the RAF ceased to exist.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Walter Sobchik of The Big Lebowski has to be included in any serious list. 3000 years of beautiful traditon from Moses to Sandy Koufax...

    Top 10 Jewish Movie Characters. Ann Althouse 2009

  • As neither have a traditon orr portfolio of work toward peace and the improvement of mankind.

    Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize: He almost deserves it. | Mind on Fire 2009

  • It's a pun on Cadafael, whose elements mean Battle Seizer, so it's in exactly the same traditon as Aethelraed (Noble Counsel) getting the nickname Unraed (Ill Counsel or No Counsel), just in a different language.

    Cadafael, King of Gwynedd Carla 2009

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