Word: conformiste
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...three groups of students according to their political behavior: 1) a not very numerous group of young enthusiasts, "who are exercising their desire to change social relations in a progressive [i.e., ideologically approved] direction through countless forms of concrete and just activity"; 2) a somewhat larger group characterized by "conformist adaptation," who give priority to their own personal interests; and 3) a much larger group whose political behavior is distinctly reserved. Within this latter group, which the author implicitly recognizes as the most significant, a further four-fold distinction of ascending size is made. First, a small group which...
Handy's discipline derives from his classical training at San Francisco State College, where he is a few credits shy of a master's degree in music education. When he first unlimbered on the jazz circuit in 1958, he was a timid conformist, but a nine-month tour with Charlie Mingus' combo changed that. Midway in a number, the burly, quick-tempered Mingus would peer fearsomely from behind his bass and roar, "Go on, go on, blow something!" Recalls Handy: "I was too scared not to play something startling...
...designers. His clothes are country and casual, designed specifically for a tawny blonde whom he describes as "a bit of a conformist but a woman who dares a little at night." A brunette like Manhattan's Louise Savitt also looks good in them. French-born Jacques Tiffeau, 38, is famed for his astute suits and his imaginative use of wools in evening gowns, which he designs for Monte-Sano & Pruzan as well as Tiffeau & Busch. He feels "a woman should have more personality than her clothes, but that's rare...
Dietz says of his years at Harvard, "I learned that you can be a non-conformist and still be accepted." Then he learned that you can't be at the Business School. His mother urged him to go, and he went, unecstatically...
Lithopinion's sprightly new look should not have been a surprise; the New York local's dynamic president, Edward D. Swayduck, 52, has been breaking labor's rules for years. One of the most successful and least conformist of union leaders, Swayduck is a tireless advocate of a new philosophy for labor. He is all for automation, all against featherbedding. His union pours money into research on improvements in the lithographic processes, then prods laggard management into adopting them. As a result of increased productivity in its industry, the 9,000-man union local is not only...