1.   Although American traditions of democracy and capitalism place a high value on numbers, numbers will not help us here.

2.   Although many of them do not know it, not finishing a boat is an American tradition of sorts.

3.   American legal tradition owes much to Boston.

4.   Attorney Mark Hughes of Denver, Colo., who handled the appeal for the protesters says the court has upheld the American tradition of civil disobedience.

5.   Both tax breaks are deeply rooted in American tradition.

6.   Bowing to that pressure would violate an admirable American tradition of not using food as a diplomatic weapon.

7.   A flat tax also goes against an American tradition, enshrined in decades of tax law, that the wealthy should carry a greater share of the tax burden.

8.   A flat tax also violates an American tradition, enshrined in decades of tax law, that the wealthy should carry a greater share of the tax burden.

9.   After all, it is an American tradition to allow people the freedom to reproduce in any way they like.

10.   Both Christianity and the American tradition of individual responsibility encourage us to do that.