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Word: conform (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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According to Taylor, adolescents either conform to pressures to avoid sex or "make their sexual activity invisible." She said that adolescent mothers are in a particularly precarious position since they can do neither...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Society Affects Women's Adolescent Sexual Views | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

Vacationers at Padre begin a typical day at noon. Since the sun is intense all day in this part of the country, there is little need to conform to a rigid tanning schedule...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Parties Never Stop On This Texas Island | 2/17/1990 | See Source »

Where? George Bush, meet your budget, a good old-fashioned Republican document that unmasks the State of the Union as an exercise in sleight of mouth. As a true reflection of the President's will, Bush's budget barely funds many of the programs that could conform reality to rhetoric, and fairly guts many others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lyndon Baines Bush? | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...fact, the seemingly one-sided nature exhibited by some nerds can often be attributed precisely to their refusal as children to conform to the social milieu, to their inarticulated preference to read books rather than to get wasted at parties. Rejected by their peers for their non-conformity, many become alienated and unable to develop adequate social skills later...

Author: By Leonid Fridman, | Title: Revenge of the Nerds | 1/10/1990 | See Source »

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