Brain washing is a common practice

This approach became common practice later, e.g., Pascal or Java, but the Richards BCPL compiler was the first to define a virtual machine for this purpose.

Wiretapping has been common practice within Iran since the 1950s.

Extensive use of copper became common during this time.

Simulated wood appliqués became less common in the 1980s.

Such screening is a common and justifiable practice around the world.

It is common practice for converts to Islam to adopt Muslim names.

Less common during the Middle Ages, this practice resurfaced during the Renaissance.

Torture appears to be a common practice in order to secure confessions.

He was also among the pioneers of the concept of prescriptions, and helped form what became the common practice of giving addictive or dangerous medicines only to people who had first seen a physician.

Due to this practice, cheating has become common at high school graduation exams.

This practice is quite common among less educated women, a majority in Mozambique.

Outside of Europe this practice was more common such as theta links from India.

However this practice was started by those members who had staffed a ZNP branch office in Cuba and it became a common means of dress amongst opposition party members in the months leading up to the revolution.

Hospitals for childbirth became common in the 17th century in many European cities.

It is an increasingly common practice as the tools and expertise grows in this area.

They include forced marriage, a common practice which is perpetuated for various reasons, particularly material ones.

The Brazilian Government is now creating a common set of guidelines for assistance and practice standards.

Strikes and worker demonstrations became more common as the workers gave vent to these frustrations.

The practice of Islam in Liberia has been compared to Sufi Islam common in Senegal and Gambia.

Bird obtained his degree by submitting testimonials from qualified colleagues, which was common practice at the time.

Sea disposal of solid wastes is still a common practice for small and medium sized urban centres

Europe, once the continent of power clashes and balances, became a community of law where big and small follow common rules to reach common decisions.

There was no mention of it in the news as if it became a normal daily life practice!

During the 20th century, it became common to consider individual decades as historical entities in themselves.

This practice continued into the early 1960s but as travel became easier, and the cost of entry to matches rose, watching both teams became unusual and the rivalry intensified.

It was during the 20th century that a common, standardized national language became available to all Swedes.

Cities became more common outside the Fertile Crescent with the Early Iron Age from about 1100 BC.

In the Netherlands, home birth is still a common practice, although rates have been declining during the past decades.

For example, during the winter of 2005 in Boston, the practice of some people saving convenient roadway for themselves became controversial.

A common practice for space exploration is to use the Earth based time zone of the launch site or mission control.

Before it is registered, it is common practice (with some legal standing) to use the service mark symbol (a superscript SM).

Recording forced confessions of detainees is a very common practice in Syria, as a way to discourage others from joining the opposition.

The reliance on foreign legal concepts in the interpretation of German law was not only permissible, but also common practice in arbitration.

Many young people feel that full and effective youth engagement in decision making is a long way from being a common practice.

A common practice was the chaining of mentally ill people to a tree or within the home for up to seven years.

It also narrowed the focus from six thematic areas of focus to five practice areas, and gender equality' became a cross cutting theme.

If the right to a remedy was not respected in practice, an international mechanism became the remedy of first, rather than last, resort.

Common practice in the US is to neglect this maintenance until the tank develops a leak, and then to replace the entire appliance.

Joseph Foraker had initially intended to concentrate on his law practice, but in the early 1870s became a well regarded speaker for the Republicans.

That was common practice in the industry, and those who held patents on airplanes were defending them fiercely and suing competitors left and right.

Although Mauritania officially abolished slavery in 1981 and made the practice a crime in 2007, slavery is still a common phenomenon in the country.

But this Hindu tradition, along with Islamic law, was supplanted by the common law when India became part of the British Empire.

1901 2000 A.D. (20th century) During the previous century, the practice of science became professionalized and institutionalized in ways that continued through the 20th century.

The criteria and indicators processes have helped in developing a common understanding of the characteristics of sustainable forest management and in translating it into practice.