Word: conformists
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...good too. Miller isn't a bad guy just because he loves the sport of skiing more than simply beating his competitors. He's capable of independent thinking, and he consistently strives to do his best. It is unfortunate that Miller's self-confidence seems to intimidate the conformist coaches who have trouble coping with him. They should be grateful that they have an athlete who excels. Natalie D. Dunlap Lewiston, Maine, U.S. You said Miller believed "it's playing the game that counts." Maybe so, but one glance at Miller's ski clothing shows nearly a dozen logos from...
...mining, retailing and oil as well as journalism. He revels in the access he enjoyed to Canada's 'elites,' even as he gives some of his dinner companions the back of his hand. Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, he says, turned Canada 'into a people of whining, politically conformist welfare addicts' ... He describes the late Robert Maxwell, kleptocratic owner of the Daily Mirror and the New York Daily News, as 'an endomorphic ... poseur, fugitive and confidence trickster' ... [Black] is uncharacteristically cryptic about the future of newspaper publishing, noting simply that 'literacy and the printed word...
...goal: multiculturalism is not about tolerating dissidence, but welcoming it, and there is a Bosporus Strait between those terms. European powers should stay true to their illuminated Constitutions and embrace other values. More time is needed before Turkey can secure membership in the EU, and not to allow further conformist demands to be placed upon the Turkish people. Rather, time is needed to overcome despicable vetoes like Austria’s and avoid the creation of further hatred. Time is needed to understand why Turks are not willing to give up their identities, no matter the price. Time is needed...
...couplings are at center stage in this still sprightly tale: the long since abandoned marriage of a woman (Uta Hagen) who is fervently modern and a man (Stefan Gierasch) who is scrupulously conformist, and the flirtation between this couple's virginal daughter (Lise Hilboldt) and an amiable young dentist (Victor Garber) who is a seasoned rake and frank fortune hunter. In less imaginative hands, the play would end with the younger man's reforming and the older couple's rediscovering the first fine flush of passion. Shaw indulges no such false hopes. He sketches the destructive powers of jealousy...
...accordance with his profession and standing in the community." Translation: don't fool around, and dress for what is expected of you. This combination of business strategy and social stratification has been the guiding principle of men's fashion throughout this century and has resulted in the sort of conformist panache that is essentially militarist. Women wear clothes, but men have uniforms. Suits for business, tuxes for dress, sport coats and English hunting jackets for weekends...