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...adjacent conform deprive liken oblivious prior
...utters things that everyone accepts is an absurdity." Father & son issued a joint statement pointing out that an Episcopal minister "is not the employee of the vestry or of a board of trustees. Nor does he speak for the people of his parish in the sense that he must conform to the sentiments of the majority ... To say that he may speak his mind fully in the pulpit, but to deny him the right to apply his conscientious beliefs to concrete situations and issues ... is to restrict and abridge any real freedom...
...other measures in his budget. Said he: ". . . We must remember that the economic plan is not something of which any Government can guarantee the execution. ... In some matters, the Government can assist in bringing about the desired results; in others, it must be for the people themselves to conform voluntarily to the needs of the situation...
...Mardi Gras balls all conform to a traditional pattern. They open with a tableau or pageant, followed by a grand march led by a costumed king and queen. Then masked members of the krewe dance with women summoned from the audience. Finally formally clad guests who have been watching from the galleries join in the dancing...
...equipment with one exception is scaled down to the proper size for the inhabitants of the Lilliputian world. Chairs, tables, picture heights, and playground slides all conform to the maximum measurements for the various age levels...