Word: conforming
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...that guy,” it might seem a good idea to stop issuing strong opinions. Perhaps our brain power could be put to better use if we focused it on the job at hand, rather than expending it while playing Halo. Yet this is not reason enough to conform to the nine-to-five theory of critical thinking...
...terms of the amendment may require HoCos to conform to certain standards before they receive UC funds. We endorse one condition unequivocally: the amendment should stipulate that HoCos must eliminate House dues. Predicating funding on this point is reasonable because the stated mission of HoCos is to unite House residents. Requiring students to pay out of pocket in order to join in regular House festivities such as happy hours is an unnecessarily divisive practice. Moreover, it is unreasonable for Houses to charge students for access to money that is theirs to begin with through termbill payments. Naturally, ticket costs...
...That sort of complexity is hard to make into entertainment, mostly because the truth doesn?t conform to bright lines...
...individual aims and lend support to laudable efforts such as the creation of this council. The U.S. cannot expect the scores of other member nations to bow to its desires; a negotiation of over 100 countries requires concessions in the name of progress. Though this new council may not conform to the American vision of a perfectly composed body, it undoubtedly represents an improvement from the former commission, whose members were nominated by regional groups and often rubber-stamped by the U.N. Economic and Social Council. Moreover, it is presumptuous for the U.S. to attempt to take the moral high...
...ultimate irony, Levy believes, is that American women have lost sight of their own sexual happiness in their pursuit to conform to male desires. Looking and acting like a porn star has simply replaced homemaking as the litmus test for twenty-first century women’s femininity...