31.   And so, he concluded, he wanted more than anything to visit Missouri and finally see for himself what this long Tonks tradition was about.

32.   And then, as is tradition, they moved their understated party inside for red-white-and-blue birthday cake and bright-red punch.

33.   And there are traditions involved, of the family and wine making.

34.   And so a new tradition was born.

35.   And so a tradition was born.

36.   And those traditions are likely to bump against one another with increasing frequency as a shrinking world brings different cultures into closer contact with one another.

37.   And the tradition is older yet, harkening back to the Irish life savers who braved the North Sea in their currachs to save shipwrecked sailors.

38.   And there is no tradition of colorful mayors like La Guardia, Curley, Daley or Koch.

39.   And venerable Catskills traditions were mystifying.

40.   Another tradition is that one of their players comes back married.