The great rise of the burghers, the desire to run their new businesses free of institutional barriers or outmoded cultural practices contributed to the appeal of individualism.

The point of Mitford's attack on funeral directors was outmoded social practices and marketing in bad taste at a bad time.

It's 2011: time to abandon these outmoded and undemocratic practices.

Heifetz, as a matter of fact, was one of the last violinists to continue the outmoded practice of playing concertos on his solo programs.

To replace what outmoded practices?

Seek out teachers in which ever religious or spiritual tradition you were raised with who advocate situational ethics or the need to update outmoded practices.

Tereth had thought her captain to be courageous in putting his own ability to fight over outmoded medical practices and allowing Dr. B'Oraq to give him a new limb.

In place of these outmoded and untenable practices, we need a farm bill that promotes sustainable farming research.

Many British yards had continued to use outmoded working practices and largely obsolete equipment, making themselves uncompetitive.

Back in Isiklar, Mr. Arslan acknowledged that polygamy was an outmoded practice.