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...distinction that Dougherty draws between those gay students who feel comfortable in Eliot and some who do not is an important one, he says. Not all gay students conform to the flamboyant stereotype of a man in "pink chiffon...
Chinese officials confirmed that the explosion was for military purposes, but then blandly added that Beijing's testing program has "exercised restraint" to conform with the government's "basic position for complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons...
...while some student politicians strictly conform to the new rules, others rail against the system...
...which I've thought a bit about. I think, if I were challenged to fit them into this typology, they're novels which are metaphorical in structure and metonymic in texture, by which I mean on the surface. The movement of the story through space and time tends to conform to the metonymic type. I aim for a kind of plausibility of smooth continuity, but the underlying idea which unites the narrative, or encapsulates the thematic core of the book, is metaphorical...
Contractors have agreed to alter their early morning schedules to conform with college student schedules, she added...