Word: conforming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those days, according to Lattimore, the urge to conform was a motivated one, ascribing to itself certain goals. Today, he sees the conformist pattern of society as of a different nature. "The generation of the past four years has been more apathetic, lethargic, and non-causy." This leads people, as he says, "to become interested in hi-fis, instead of politics...
...nonconformity is to have its rightful say in American life, as it did with Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Veblen, it must stop making a fetish of itself. Conformity ... may, in the end, prove to have the greater attraction for those genuinely seeking a free and full life. After all, unrestricted amateur nonconformism is one of the honorable paths in American history. In the meanwhile, we must oppose all efforts of the dedicated nonconformists to make us not conform according to their rules...
...addition, both the Cambridge Police Department and the Radcliffe administration will start strict enforcement of bicycle rules next week. All bicycles must be registered with the City and bicyclists must conform with traffic rules. A fine of one dollar or suspension of registration will be imposed for breaking regulations...
Next day in the U.N., defending Nasser's vicious and inflammatory propaganda in the Middle East, Nasser's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi said: "It has been claimed that some Arab broadcasts do not conform to certain standards. The fact is that these broadcasts are feared and hated . . . because they tell the truth ... in the plain, sun-baked language...
Although Cambridge police generally attempt to be sympathetic to student problems, rapport between them and well-intentioned students has deteriorated because of inability of students to be properly informed regarding regulations; failure of city administrative authorities to properly post existing ordinances or to amend signs so as to conform with latest amendments; and drafting of ordinances in such a way as to prove misleading when combined with improper posting...