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Should we, then, see Julian simply as a holdover from the premodern sacred cosmos?
But in reality, Daylight Savings Time is an archaic holdover from a time when people relied on candles all the time.
My mother was used to waiting on her since Ann was a holdover from the days when my family owned and operated a pizza shop.
One thing I've learned over the years is the older the traveler, the better dressed he is, a holdover from the era when you dressed up to fly.
Rue, of course, is a holdover from Lebanon's time as a French protectorate.
Was he trying to write in her style or is it a holdover or are they just simplifying things for us?
A holdover from Italian occupation in the south is a love for pasta and marinara sauce.
The entrees tend to be overworked and overembellished, perhaps a holdover from the chef's stint doing fancy hotel food.
For her, he is a holdover from the nineteenth century, not a modern artist.
This measurement is a holdover from the use of an instrument called a sling psychrometer.
A holdover from the bare-knuckle days, he had squandered much of his fortune during years of drunken carousal.
Meanwhile, the Internal Security Act, a repressive colonial holdover, allows the government to detain suspects without trial.
George senior, on the other hand, was regarded as an awkward holdover from the previous regime.
The school system is a holdover from an era that deemed motherhood a full-time job, an attitude that France, for example, shed long ago.
Benefits for retired employees: an expensive holdover from the past or a brave new way to attract and retain skilled workers?
Ironically, the infrastructure of the health care system in the Caucasus is very developed, which is a holdover from the Soviet system.
I hope this Mike Harris holdover will do a better job for the people of Canada than he did for the people of Ontario.
Recently, the role has been expanded, asking for NATO troops to sally forth and actively pursue badmashes, bandits and holdover terrorists elsewhere.
The only Arabist with real knowledge of the country was a holdover from the previous administration.
Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai.
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