(1) These two species survive as relict populations in the mountains of eastern Mexico, sometimes in high elevation conifer stands but also in stands at mid-elevation that include hardwood trees.(2) That was all a relict from the times of the Cold War, and had to go.(3) But in field after field, paper journals are becoming like academic caps and gowns, a purely ceremonial relict of an obsolete culture.(4) Minor relict populations occur 50-80 km to the south and southwest.(5) Then came the settlers from Europe, and by the second half of the 19th century this sea of wildlife had been reduced to a relict population of perhaps 1,500.(6) In its strive to adopt Western civilizations, the Imperial Meiji government banned tattooing as something considered a barbaric relict of the past.(7) It was a relict of the times before the First Apocalypse, the unknown era.(8) Recovery work over the past three decades has included captive propagation from these relict populations and reintroduction of fish into historic stream habitat in New Mexico and Arizona.(9) A tiny snail, a relict from the last great ice age, finds its home on a cool, rocky slope near the coldwater streams, cliffs, valleys, and sinkholes that make up the Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa.(10) Where the court is balancing the relict 's claims against those of others, she might claim that she actually owned the house, which, therefore, did not pass under the will anyway.(11) So it was a relict for the eyes to arrive in the clear air of the busy mountain town, its open stone patios hanging with orchids in every shade - purple, white, the pink of roses.(12) Somewhere in Gondwana, a relict population held out.(13) The fact that Ushuaia is so remote has left it with a number of relicts of the days when the area was used by the Argentine government as a place to keep troublesome citizens out of sight and out of mind.(14) The knowledge that a provision of this kind is in being can be a consolation to those aware of diminishing powers; and its activation could tangibly benefit their relicts .(15) As times passed, times changed and, though many relicts of the ancients disappeared, this memorial became prized for its beauty and antiquity.(16) The 13 living genera are relicts of this earlier diversification and represent one of the four major clades of placental mammals.
