It is certainly possible to view the tenure track as a long-term demonstration of the candidate's political and academic conformity.
Food and fuel rationing cards were distributed at mosques, "providing the authorities with another means for ensuring political conformity."
In equating usefulness and political conformity, it adds another.
In a society where surveillance is constant - a benign joke about the President can land you in jail - political conformity is also mandatory.
The editorial quoted Mr. Deng repeatedly and stressed that nothing less than political conformity would be tolerated within the party.
Orwell encourages concreteness and clarity instead of vagueness, and individuality over political conformity.
Ramius became known as a captain whose officers were both proficient and models of political conformity.
Ruling as Henry IV, he exercised power through a royal council and parliament, while attempting to enforce political and religious conformity.
And this reduced state of consciousness, if not indispensable, is at any rate favorable to political conformity.
Although friendly towards Smith, and despite his political conformity, he punishes his bully-boy son for firing a catapult at Winston.