31.   She projects a palpable desperation as Lily is thwarted by rivals, by social conventions and by her own doing.

32.   Some Sophists also argued for a cultural and moral relativism, contending that supposedly sacred rites, such as marriage, were merely social conventions that varied among cultures.

33.   The dominant relativism portrays morality as nothing more than a social convention, an arbitrary set of rules that differ from one society to the next.

34.   The Romantic ethos of the artist as one who stands apart from society, who defines himself by transgressing social conventions, became a universal birthright.

35.   The social conventions that rule urban life seem to melt away.

36.   The shack he was working on sits on isolated, rolling dunes, where social convention is not a concern.

37.   Their use of drugs and disdain for some social conventions likewise follow a countercultural path trod by the beatniks and hippies.

38.   Thus, they tended either to undergrid social convention or opt for reformist strategies.

39.   Underneath the drama, Crash was writing incisive songs about alienation, sexual confusion and the emptiness of social conventions.

40.   What happens when the Romantic spirit of rebellion against social convention becomes a social convention?