11.   In his latest request, Lord Irvine is not seeking to abandon the tradition entirely.

12.   It abandoned the tradition of party leaders choosing candidates and held a primary election in March that was open to all voters.

13.   Republicans, with a majority for the first time since Reconstruction, abandoned that tradition.

14.   The PRI abandoned the tradition of party leaders choosing candidates and held a primary election in the state in March that was open to all voters.

15.   Their plight has kindled debate in the Netherlands about whether the country is abandoning its tradition of taking in the desperate and downcast.