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...April 26, 1698, Peter I called the leading Russians to his country place, Preobrazhenskoye, and told them they had to conform to Western custom by shaving off their beards. With his own hand Peter gave his noblemen's whiskers a rough...
...March 15, 1946 Joseph Stalin called the leading Russians to the Kremlin and told them they would have to conform to Western custom by calling themselves ministers instead of commissars. With his own hand Stalin signed the suggestion to have his own title changed to prime minister...
...Exists? What does Existence mean? You will keep on implying some sort of static, ready-made reality which is, so to speak, 'there,' and to which our minds have simply to conform. These great mysteries cannot be approached in that way. . . . God, for me, is something purely spiritual. The spirit of sweetness and light and tolerance-and, er, service, Dick, service. We mustn't forget that...
...Commander said he expected that the College would revert to the old program quickly after the demobilization. "The wartime set-up was created primarily to conform to the draft regulations by actually enlisting the men in the navy. We couldn't maintain our civilian training policy in the face of Selective Service...
...FPHA believes that it can conform to the law, and maybe help ease the housing shortage, by selling the units to private builders who agree to: 1) demolish the units and move them from present sites; 2) use some of the salvaged material for entirely new houses. FPHA will show the method of recovery at a 20-acre "showcase" exhibit to be erected at Silver Springs, Md., in mid-December...