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Word: norm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anthropologist Robin Fox's conclusions about the struggle for control of the society [Sept. 22] are basically sound, but he is wrong when he says that the aspiration among modern women to jobs in the marketplace is a foolish deviation from the norm. Evolution itself is a deviation from the norm. If men and women are not allowed to evolve and change, our society will stagnate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 13, 1980 | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...stunned me then because it happened so early," Parrette said. He paused. "After a while things like that didn't bother me so much. It just seemed like the norm...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: A Different Kind of Summer | 10/9/1980 | See Source »

...funny thing that the Giants have actually sold out every game they have ever played in the Meadowlands and will be sold out there for many years to come. And the last time they had a winning season, Norm Snead was at quarterback and he led the NFL in passing. Ah, memories...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Land of the Giants | 9/19/1980 | See Source »

Balboni's next words are drwoned out by another blast and a crescendo of car horns. Only a few of the people in the Square pay attention to the noise. The mess, the clatter and the traffic jams have become the norm and it's almost difficult to remember what the Square looked like before Big Brother started...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: The Red Line: Will the MBTA's Troubles Never Cease? | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

Balboni's next words are drwoned out by another blast and a crescendo of car horns. Only a few of the people in the Square pay attention to the noise. The mess, the clatter and the traffic jams have become the norm and it's almost difficult to remember what the Square looked like before Big Brother started...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: The Red Line: Will the MBTA's Troubles Never Cease? | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

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