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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.— MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
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.— HogwartsProfessor.com
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.— The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life
A procrustean law has been enacted — “_Thou shalt not dance_.”— Amusement: A Force in Christian Training
Social conservatives because it is necessary for them to believe that homosexuals are made, not born, and leftists because they always seek to remold man in the image of their utopia, to fit him in their procrustean bed of equality and "fairness."— Transterrestrial Musings
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