hide-bound

This isn't an assignment that would have been given to any hide-bound, by-the-book blockhead.

Lance Mannion: 2009

The picture of regular school districts as all hide-bound disasters is a myth, just as is the notion that charter schools are the answer.

The Chamber of Commerce's flawed 'Superman' school reform guide Valerie Strauss 2010

Early on, I had the sense that the field would be less hide-bound than mainstream and other genres.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kay Kenyon 2010

One funny line from Skrbina, quoting the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce: "what we call matter is not completely dead, but is merely mind hide-bound with habits."

Boing Boing 2009

This isn't an assignment that would have been given to any hide-bound, by-the-book blockhead.

It's Kirk the Explorer not Kirk the Rebel 2009

I resort to voting Republican, myself, but Kaus shows integrity and originality and, big bonus, seems to get the grotesquerie of our hide-bound institutions, corrupted ways andmeans.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Mickey Kaus’s Ad, in His Primary Campaign for the U.S. Senate Against Barbara Boxer 2010

In recent years, there's been some progress in curing medicine of its paternalistic bent; these days only the most hide-bound physician would argue that patients can't handle a diagnosis, and few would withhold a patient's medical records when they ask for them.

Thomas Goetz: Is Your DNA Dangerous to Your Health? 2010

The niece, incidentally, who I suspect we'll see more of, is yet another harbinger of the coming "real '60s" as many have it, as well as a reminder of how much of what we think of as the 1960s stems from California and the West instead of the more hide-bound New York.

William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Good News" Is Sad Yet Very Good 2010

The niece, incidentally, who I suspect we'll see more of, is yet another harbinger of the coming "real '60s" as many have it, as well as a reminder of how much of what we think of as the 1960s stems from California and the West instead of the more hide-bound New York.

William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Good News" Is Sad Yet Very Good 2010

The historical Buddha Sakyamuni was a radical social reformer who freed people from ancient India's hide-bound caste system and was the first leader in history to educate women en masse.

Who and What Is Buddha, Really? 2010