But just as Ms. de Taillac's jewelry is a fusion of tradition and modern simplicity, so is the store.
Most people think they have to choose between tradition and doing modern food.
Young people celebrate Christmas more than Chinese New Year not because they are Christians, but because Christmas is a Western tradition, considered modern and trendy in China.
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There have been several books published recently touting the historical contributions of Islamic scholars to the early history of science (in the Middle Ages), but fewer assessing the relationship between Muslim tradition and the challenges that modern science presents to it today.
And often they arise from the difficulties of reconciling tradition and faith with the diversity and interdependence of the modern world.
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And if the tradition is also partly modern invention, nobody really fusses.
In many ways, the young man and his friend were a modern dating couple, yet still bound by caste and tradition.
The murder was prompted by an ideology of bigotry and terror masked as a faith-tradition - an ideology of radical Islamism at war with the modern world of freedom and democracy.
The looming encounter between modern technology and a timeless spiritual tradition might indeed pose an almost insuperable challenge for the latter if Saint Catherine's were located anywhere else.
"Modern yachts just don't share that beauty and tradition that makes you swell up and feel proud, " says Frantz.
While dirndls still give a nod to tradition with wide skirts, corsets and aprons, designers have given the outfit a modern twist with brighter colours, fresh design and a little extra room in the corset to allow for plenty of beer drinking.
Acknowledging the contribution made to the current foment in China brought on by increasing popular exposure to Western values and liberties and by the Chinese tradition of student leadership in reforming society, it is modern communications, not commercial relations, that have been the largest single influence on and enabler for the popular demonstrations in Beijing.
The Catholic Church under Benedict and John Paul II has been exemplary in defending tradition against the erosions of the modern world.
In a country with no tradition of modern democracy, where, for instance, about 75% of females (and 90% in the south) are illiterate, there needs to be plenty of time to explain how people could choose their candidates for no fewer than 12 layers of government.
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