Nor was he the type to break with convention very often.

It's easy to be frank and to hell with convention when you're our age.

It changed owners every few years, but was still quite popular with certain conventions.

But Williams has never quite managed to fit with convention.

And the data are out of line with international convention, making comparisons impossible.

Yet this is not the actual struggle with convention going on in these lines.

"This is the first time we'll be going up against an Olympics and coming out of a summer with political conventions," he said.

The reasons for such a break with convention are viewed in two lights.

Throughout his short life, he was constantly in conflict with social conventions.

In keeping with social conventions of the time, the room was exclusive to men.