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Concerning the City's alleged "war on hippies," DeGuglielmo said, "The Avatar periodical is what we objected to, not the kids. We have no objection to them so long as they conform to the norms of the community. In this case, you had a group of children--I call them children--who were handing the public something disgusting and seeming to enjoy it...the minority inflicting obscenity on the majority...
...that gets people put in mental hospitals is called "sick" or "irrational." But conversations with these students suggest that given the interaction of genetic predisposition, personal history, and the circumstances of the surroundings, "sick" actions are entirely logical. The sickness lies in the interpretation. The alienated student who cannot conform is branded with a stigma that pushes him further and further out until he reaches the hospital...
Kistiakowsky also said he tried to follow high moral standards and, at the same time, remain patriotic. "I have tried to make my actions conform to these principles," he said...
...Their commander had told them to run up the South Vietnamese flag, but two Marines had died and two others had been wounded in taking the building; they were not about to be denied the satisfaction of raising their own flag (though it later had to be lowered to conform with South Vietnamese...
...prone to be too complacent, too willing to conform, too ready to settle for the tried and proven," says John D. Rockefeller III, who maintains an active interest as board chairman of the foundation erected on his grandfather's wealth. "We tend to hang back, responding slowly to change, often with too little, and sometimes too late. Rather than venture, we dwell on the problems of yesterday, neglectful of the new needs of today and the impatient future...