Word: norm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Challenger crew members also activated an array of zero-g experiments, some, like a biological-materials separation test for making Pharmaceuticals, of potential commercial value. The space team acted as guinea pigs for Mission Specialist Norm Thagard, 39, the second medical doctor to fly the shuttle. He was trying to learn why some astronauts suffer from a form of queasiness known as space-adaptation syndrome during the initial hours of weightlessness. At the astronauts' request, Mission Control no longer publicly discusses medical problems during a flight. But judging by the demeanor of the five during television broadcasts from Challenger...
...DIED. Norm Van Brocklin, 57, combative quarterback who during his twelve-year (1949-60) pro career led the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles to National Football League championships; of a heart attack; in Monroe, Ga. A cool playmaker despite his hot temper, the "Dutchman" in a 1957 game completed 27 passes for 554 yds., a record that still stands. After his final playing season, he became the coach of the newly formed Minnesota Vikings, and later of the Atlanta Falcons, compiling respectable if losing records...
...past decade's educational pandering to student enthusiasms and taxpayers' tight pockets. The state, which once boasted the wealthiest and most prestigious school system in the nation, is now below the U.S. average virtually across the board. In 1972 California students scored nine points above the national norm on College Board achievement tests in English; in 1981 they were 17 points under. Last year California ranked 50th in the percentage of personal income that went into school revenues...
...SCIENCE CENTER terminal room is no place for a Harvard student at 4 a.m. But for the 138 students enrolled in AM110. "Introduction to Systems Programming," early-morning hours with the computer lost their novelty weeks ago. Missed classes and mangled schedules have become the norm for AM110ers as they scramble to complete their weekly assignments...
...week went way past irony, nearly all the way to poetry. Of many possible settings for its showcase, the National Collegiate Athletic Association selected Albuquerque, where two years ago a judge pointed to the easy morals of the community in declining to punish former University of New Mexico Coach Norm Ellenberger for fraud in the name of recruiting. The Lobos' gym lent to the N.C.A.A. for this occasion, the Final Four, is known...