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...airfields, the fuel distribution systemwill be consolidated and upgraded by 1998 to"conform to the highest environmental standards,"according to the statement...
...move was significant in that its signaled the triumph of a new breed of coaches and athletic administrators in the league, less inclined to bend to tradition and more inclined to bend the league to conform with other, more competitive leagues across the country...
Anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote in 1961 thatstudents saw conformity as the key to conventionalsuccess: "[S]tatistics on national contests forscholarships and for admissions to especiallydesirable institutions have increased thewidespread sense that to succeed today it isnecessary to conform and to compete in terms ofnational norms...
Since the president biolabs building does not conform to the city's zoning ordinance--and is considered a "non-conforming structure"-- the board's 1992 approval of the expansion was based on a set of prerequisites: the expansion should not create additional traffic, neighbors should not be adversely affected and occupants of the new structure should not endangered...
...appeal, the Walters asked that the board reverse its decision based on Harvard's alleged failure to conform to the conditions on which initial approval was based...