His work is a synthesis of three radically divergent traditions: electronic music, Indonesian gamelan and turn-of-the-century European Romanticism.

"Mack and Mabel" failed in part perhaps because Mr. Herman and the book writer, Michael Stewart, tried to wed two divergent and deeply entrenched traditions.

There are a couple of divergent traditions regarding its founding.

Representing both state and territorial government and the legal profession, it has sought to bring uniformity to the divergent legal traditions of 53 sovereign jurisdictions, and has done so with significant success.

An inclusive canon allowed the Church to make a wider appeal to heretical populations or, to put it another way, to include under its umbrella of faith the followers of old and divergent traditions.

Because of the divergent traditions, many medical doctors say they prefer to refer back patients to physical therapists or other physicians.

Yet, long-time observers say that their responses have been consistent with their divergent political traditions, their memberships and the personalities of their leaders.

The essential nature of the rite common to these divergent traditions deserves further anthropological exploration as does an exegesis of their valence.

It is based, most of all, on a sense of tolerance, pluralism and respect - respect for divergent and different traditions.

Only in Beowulf are the two divergent traditions about the Danes blended in this way, the heraldic and the mythical.