Word: norm
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Several universities, including Hampshire, University of Wisconsin, and University of Massachusetts, have completely divested their holdings in South Africa. Yet most universities are waiting to follow Harvard's lead on divestment. From curriculum reform to affirmative action, Harvard policy traditionally defines the norm for American universities: South African investment is no exception. Harvard's self-proclaimed role a leader of the academic community makes its complicity with apartheid all the more scandalous...
...uncertain about the reasons for high Asian performance. William Dean, who directs special programs in Fort Collins, Colo., where there are 150 Asian-born students, observes that whatever the students' verbal skills, "there is a universal language available in mathematics." The Asians speak it fluently. The national norm for math on the Scholastic Aptitude Test is 467 out of a possible 800. In 1981, Asian Americans averaged 513. In California a remarkable 68% of Japanese-born students scored over 600, as did 66% of students born in Korea...
...Paul Barton (unassisted), 5:07; N, Steve Lyons (unassisted), 17:31; N, Ralph Robertson (Norm Lacombe, Ken Chisholm), 3:35; N. Dan Potter (Barton, Lyons), 15:44; S, Rick Bowman (Steve Smith, Steve Rhodes), 15:08; S, Ray Shero (Mark Bonneau, Steve Tute), 15:26; N, Barton (Lyons, Dan Forget...
Then the whistle blew for the second time in less than a minute, and UNH forward Norm LaCombe joined his teammate in the penalty box. Finally, almost a minute after LaCombe left the ice, senior Jim Turner jumped on a Mark Fusco rebound and slammed it by Pearson to bring the icemen within one, and more importantly prove to themselves that they could score against Pearson...
...massive scale of death and destruction" is cited as evidence of the violation of the supposed "norm of proportionality" in the use of force. Yet it must be noted that many of the initial, unsubstantiated casualty figures have been discredited as being gross exaggerations of the actual total by the Palestinian Red Crescent, headed by Yasser Arafat's brother...