The massively creative and intelligent people that companies spend millions hiring can actually use their minds for new ideas and not just conforming to systems.

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He's not interested in conforming to a mainstream standard and was hell-bent on avoiding what he called "the karaoke culture" of "American Idol, " "The X Factor" and other programs in which singing is a competition for the mass taste.

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More often than not, the hurdle of conforming to traditional roles within families poses as much of a barrier to businesswomen in India as the still-too-thick glass ceiling at companies.

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Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) conforming limits--the plan does not apply to so-called "jumbo" mortgages.

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For fans, Al Thani's apparent preoccupation with conforming to UEFA's new laws could not have come at a worse time.

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Bankers, as true of any profession, are not collective blobs with uniform interests or robot-like behaviors conforming to academic conjecture, but methinks most actively seek credit-worthy customers.

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Both during his thirty years as a revolutionary and his subsequent thirty years as a resister, Einstein remained consistent in his willingness to be a serenely amused loner who was comfortable not conforming.

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Not only is wireless charging here to stay, but the addition of wireless charging on the Nexus 4 conforming to the Qi standard means we have a winner in the standards war.

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