The return to tradition came as no surprise to Bill Carroll, vice president and director of programming at media-buying and consulting firm Katz Television Group.

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The solution is simple: return to 200 years of tradition and allow up or down votes on judges.

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Dr Julie Rugg, from the Cemetery Research Group at the University of York, says the only solution to the crisis is to return to the "old tradition" of reusing graves.

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In the meantime, ambitious women would do well to return to a time-honoured but supposedly obsolete tradition, and apply under a male name.

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In Korean tradition, there are certain days of the year when the spirits of the dead return to their families.

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