The United States of America, that noble bastion of individualism, is bombing in individual sports.
When it comes to firearms, the rugged individualism of Mainers is alive and well.
The study also showed a marked rise of individualism in the mentality of the Chinese consumer.
But at some point, America ceased emphasizing community values and began valuing extreme individualism.
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Individualism and the liberties to express it come at high prices that we continue to pay.
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His story is the second in a series on the development of individualism in China.
For sure, a strong sense of individualism and persistence are essential attributes of successful entrepreneurs.
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Elk Tooth may be a dump, but it is one that nurtures a sense of individualism.
But here, too, Mr Marquand detects American strains of radical individualism beneath the surface.
Norman's critique of the welfare state was inspired by a similar belief in individualism.
Although children are free to wear what they like, the school curriculum discourages individualism.
In other words, America can indulge its individualism only by setting limits to it.
Allison's philosophy of decentralization, he says, is an application of Rand's objectivist principles championing individualism--but with accountability.
Perhaps one could even argue that his tendency toward self-aggrandizement reflects an extreme form of American individualism.
Individualism, of course, also means doing things that are not ordered by the party or the government.
The teen preference for individualism can also be summed up by today's hottest product-- Apple Computer 's iPod.
Hoping to snuff out aberrant individualism, the ministry introduced detailed rules governing uniforms, haircuts and codes of conduct.
End-of-term school records also downplay individualism: all students can get good grades as long as they try hard.
And the fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.
So the most profitable manufacturers will be those that satisfy this urge for individualism, but from one basic design.
To cope with their competition, farmers and ranchers need to abandon their rugged individualism and start to work together.
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As a faith-based creed, populism always tended to corrode respect for elite achievement, individualism, urban life, secularism, and capitalism.
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In describing her own life, what she actually explains are the two competing human impulses - conformity and individualism.
Amid concern about rampant individualism and excess, she evokes a simpler, gentler era.
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This individualism has nothing in common with Obama's economic and foreign policy collectivism.
Even for luxury goods, celebrating individualism with familiar Western notions like "what I want" and "how I feel" doesn't work in China.
Our American system and especially our legal and government cultures frequently operates with a top-down style, which can discourage creativity and individualism.
Increasingly, fighting became a symbol of struggles with personal demons -- a sign of individualism maturing in post-war Japan, says Natume.
Third, to the Chinese people, American universities, for all their shortcomings and blemishes, are still beacons of freedom, individualism and self-improvement.
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