Word: conformationally
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...book proves itself more than a kind of private school Peyton Place. Benedictus' obviously partisan aim is to indict the Eton system for destroying a poor boy named Scarfe because, as a plebeian farmer's son brought to the school in a "democratic" experiment, he cannot conform to it socially, and for corrupting a rich boy named Phillips by giving him no socially acceptable choice except conformity...
...only giving worth-while examinations, it is acting consistently with the principles of a "General," liberal arts education. These principles have always stressed the use, rather than the accumulation, of information; and the final examination, if it is to be an integral part of the educational process, should conform to the principles behind that process...
...required that all doctors conform to the plan, accept a schedule of fees fixed by the government, and not engage in any private practice on the side...
...early years, West took his themes largely from mythology and, like the Greeks, sought not only to portray beauty but also to explore the realm of the ideal. He advised his students to seek the ideal measurements of the human figure and to make their own paintings conform...
...taught until World War II. The Satmar Jews are probably the strictest group in Orthodox Judaism. They will eat only kosher food that comes from their own stores. They refuse to watch television, will not ride in cars or use any mechanical device on the Sabbath, wear clothes that conform strictly to the rules of modesty laid down in the Old Testament. Williamsburg has other devout Jews, but the Satmar congregation proudly regards itself as the true voice of Hasidism-the mystical, lyrical interpretation of the Jewish faith that developed in the ghettos of eastern Europe during the 18th century...