Obviously it cannot be made to fit the procrustean bed he has made. From Wordnik.com. [19 « June « 2009 « Stephen Rees's blog] Reference
But none of that changes the fact that Dynaweb is a procrustean bed. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
Those are rather totalitarian or even procrustean words, if he actually said them. From Wordnik.com. [Warmest in a Millll-yun Years « Climate Audit] Reference
“Of what, I did not know” is a stock procrustean device to fill out the stanza. From Wordnik.com. [Taste Tests, Thomas Hardy, Peter Van Toorn and consistent reception] Reference
If so, maybe Dynaweb isn't such a procrustean bed after allnot when it comes to Blake. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
I rarely promote, but Opera is worth a try; when the procrustean policy makers relent, I mean. From Wordnik.com. [davidrothman.net » How To: Create an RSS Feed for a Feedless Journal with PubMed] Reference
Such procrustean bed reasoning is why so many individuals had to be sacrificed to the zeitgeist. From Wordnik.com. [Hours Worked in Europe vs. the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Darkman - I object to your procrustean analysis re: obscure words not being a sign of cleverness, if not wit. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.] Reference
Again you are running with the procrustean argument - because so many state schools are poor, delenda est Eton. From Wordnik.com. [Ironic Ducks] Reference
'Again you are running with the procrustean argument - because so many state schools are poor, delenda est Eton.'. From Wordnik.com. [Ironic Ducks] Reference
For many Americans now, by contrast, ancient rituals are intolerably old-fashioned and rigid, at once crusty and procrustean. From Wordnik.com. [The New Death] Reference
Iron — bound, impersonal ethics, the procrustean bed of rules, he soon saw at their true value as the deification of averages. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin] Reference
A procrustean method is one that relentlessly tries to shape a person, an argument, or an idea to a predetermined pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Procrustes] Reference
Experience shows us that visual SF is a procrustean genre and source material that does not fit its needs will be altered until it does. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: What Makes a Successful SciFi/Fantasy Book Adaptation? Why Do Some Fail?] Reference
By melding various aesthetics in a quest for objectivity that ends up being more procrustean than coherent, the editors produce lists that feel, to me at least, almost random. From Wordnik.com. [00 Movies] Reference
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula. From Wordnik.com. [The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life] Reference
And so it is peculiarly important that the Ukrainian be fitted into the procrustean pattern of the ideal Soviet man. From Wordnik.com. [ACTION UKRAINE REPORT (Archive)] Reference
K. SUBRAMANIAN Some of the similarities drawn between the two countries are far-fetched, while some others are procrustean. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to US can define China as friend or foe] Reference
Iron-bound, impersonal ethics, the procrustean bed of rules, he soon saw at their true value as the deification of averages. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin] Reference
Their cars looked great, but the operating details were made to fit, procrustean style, without a thought for the drivers 'needs. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
In general I tend to be a little wary of designations of "unified theories of everything" as running the risks of the proverbial procrustean bed. From Wordnik.com. [HogwartsProfessor.com] Reference
And we have got to deal gently with them too; not force them upon the procrustean bed of our methods, and give them their choice of these or none. From Wordnik.com. [Amusement: A Force in Christian Training] Reference
So this equality is procrustean and does not look to reality as part of the input to morals, or outcomes in reality as part of the moral argument. From Wordnik.com. [Obama and Niebuhr] Reference
That of Aytoun was formed in the schools, principally modeled by masters -- made to fit a procrustean bed -- and was, therefore, eminently artificial. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.] Reference
The method commonly used to make the message fit the allotted space is a procrustean process of truncating words by eliminating many letters, mostly vowels. From Wordnik.com. [The Union - All Categories] Reference
He was disposed to place all their separate and individual charters on a procrustean bed, and shape them all into uniformity simply by reducing the whole to a nullity. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Acceptance of its implicit procrustean regimentation will gradually transfer political power from Congress to the UN and its IPCC, the consistory of global-warming orthodoxy. From Wordnik.com. [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference
'for two, it-is'-ly this time spellin played protein vs procrustean obscurin nawt the meanin, fortune ate lee.deadsongs. vue.9. From Wordnik.com. [The WELL: Althea] Reference
However, much of it clearly is a result of the author’s procrustean effort to stretch facts to fit an ideologically predetermined thesis. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » IN DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT, Part 9:] Reference
If the idea is to end AIDS in Africa, wouldn’t it make sense to spend the funding with maximum efficiency rather than engage in such a procrustean approach?. From Wordnik.com. [Testify and Amen « Whatever] Reference
Gordion knots and procrustean beds. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Classical or Biblical Allusions:] Reference
Mood: procrustean. From Wordnik.com. [you won't be happy with me, but give me one more chance. you won't be happy anyway.] Reference
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