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Actually, for all its apparent unorthodoxy, Lorblanchet’s work fits right into a new trend in cave art archeology.—
Roger Lewin,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019 -
Analysts said the move was the clearest step yet toward more mainstream economic policies after years of unorthodoxy under President Tayyip Erdogan, and should help rein in inflation expectations.—
Reuters,
CNN,
24 Aug. 2023
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A couple of years into her third term, Nabiullina has carved out room for nonconformism in a Russian establishment fixated on loyalty above all else.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune Europe,
7 June 2024
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Tolokonnikova is hardly representative of her generation, but her story hints at the possibility of another future for Russia, one in which nonconformism, tolerance, and individualism become virtues rather than crimes.—
Sarah E. Mendelson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2014
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In the postwar years, Malaparte claimed that his imprisonments by Mussolini were proof of his anti-Fascist credentials—or, at least, his irrepressible nonconformity.—
Thomas Meaney,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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For over a century, Greenwich Village has attracted Americans of all kinds with an interest in political activism and nonconformity.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2025
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One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Many of those dismissed worked on issues including countering violent extremism, helping Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover, educational exchanges, and programs supporting women's rights, refugees, and climate change.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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