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Presidential candidates typically don’t spend much time in the arena at conventions.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 1971, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, run exclusively by women, for women, and born from conversations with other women writers who’d grown exhausted with the belittling conventions and blind spots of male-dominated media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

He also provided entertainment, including a child playing Beethoven on piano outside the boulder, for people who flocked to the conventions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

And in the modern technological era, artificial-intelligence models add a new wrinkle to corporate conventions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

They are being too logical, while betraying their lack of familiarity with the conventions of the printed page.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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