Word: conformationally
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...layered, skin upon slow skin of pigment and oil, bearing a history of growth, submergence and mellowing, containing light the way a sheet of marble stores the heat of afternoon. Paintings like this are ideal landscapes, and their august stasis recalls Byron's line: "When elements to elements conform,/ And dust is as it should...
...minority students by the Harvard Police. Perhaps the most publicized case is the complaint that is being filed against H.U.P.D. by Remigio Cruz '86. This is the second such complaint filed by Cruz, who claims the police singled him out of the crowd because his dressing did not conform to the current Harvard trends. The police say they stopped him because of suspicion of wearing illegal gloves. The lack of appreciation by the police of minority culture is reprehensible Minority students should not be forced to submit to conventionality to avoid suspicion...
...other country if it believes that its own policies are more efficient, fair-minded, or moral. To support this premise would be to promote a particularly contemptible kind of cultural imperialism, and this is precisely the reason why the subsidiaries of multinationals are expected to respect and to conform to the laws and customs of all countries in which they do business. Excepting South Africa from the basic protections accorded all other nations in which multinationals operate establishes an exceedingly dangerous precedent...
Harvard will divest of its shares in any corporation which does not resolve to forward these measures, not as a punishment to the company which fails to conform, but as an admission of its own failure to bring about substantial change. The University has also shown its determination to increase regularly the number and types of reforms which it persuades companies to initiate, and, subsequently, to expand the number of corporations subject to intensive dialogue...
...they would have the opportunity to live with and learn from all different types of people Contrary to the arguments made by those favoring the status quo random group assignment would foster rather than destroy house spirit. Students would work to create their house identity each year rather than conform to existing reputations. Harvard could use a shake up like this...