What happens, according to custom, is that for the first six months of a statue coming in, it is allowed to be in the rotunda.

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Attempts in South Dakota or elsewhere to artificially limit the ability of companies and investors to transact with foreign firms according to their local law or custom is an unnecessary impediment to economic growth and common prosperity.

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Most "beaker burials" contain male skeletons buried in a crouched position with the head resting to the north and facing east, according to religious custom.

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The girls whose feet Francis washed in another move away from custom, were an Italian and an Eastern European, according to the Vatican.

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The original purpose of pleats was to allow more fabric for when a man sat down, according to Alan Flusser, author of menswear guidebook "Dressing The Man" and a custom tailor whose credits include Michael Douglas' wardrobe in the original "Wall Street" movie.

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According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

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The dead are said to be "souls in torment" until properly buried, according to aboriginal custom.

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According to the New York Times, the company will announce plans today (via an internal company memo) for its first custom iPad digital pubs: the April issue of GQ (there's already an iPhone app for that), followed by the June issues of Wired and Vanity Fair, and then The New Yorker and Glamour sometime in the summer.

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