Word: norm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this important matter. The great interest in the issue of "openess" over sources of funding and relative neglect of the question of openess of sources reflects an erosion of the belief that scholars and scholarship, regardless of their sources of funding and their different political perspectives, do share the norm and the practice of a commitment to truth and unbiased use of evidence. Do we really want to live in an intellectual climate in which our opinion of a book or article rests on who paid the piper? If things come to that, I can see little reason...
...then he has obviously never read the works of Oscar Wilde. Although the frivolity of sport obviously addles the athlete's mind so that he or she deviates from Rightthink (to quote: "The houses with the highest percentage of athletes tend to vote the most conservatively--against the campus norm"), I would argue that such activity helps students retain their sanity...
...Harvard today, the opposition between sports and serious student concerns is more subtle, but nonetheless real. The houses with the highest percentage of athletes tend to vote most conservatively--against the campus norm--in political opinion polls. Varsity athletes are occasionally used as bodyguards by the University administration and more recently were recruited as bouncers for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' ceremony honoring Sylvester Stallone, where they manhandled one poor slob who dared to protest the choice of honoree...
...NCAA All-Tourney Team Norm Foster Goalie Mich. St. Mark Benning Defenseman Harvard Don McSween Defenseman Mich. St. Allen Bourbeau Forward Harvard Mike Donnelly Forward Mich. St. Jeff Parker Forward Mich...
...Lakeside residents in the upper Midwest find the humor somewhat strained. Last week Lakes Michigan and Huron had risen to their highest level since 1887, nearly 3 ft. over their average March altitude of 578 ft. above sea level. Lake Superior, at more than a foot over its norm, is not far behind. Waterfront-property owners are battling flooded basements and beach erosion, and some face the prospect of losing their homes. Says Park Planner Bob Elmore of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: "This is a cycle in the lake history that no one has been through before...