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Trying to build a community from a random body of students while maintaining their rigorous academic schedule, many masters say they could not imagine staying in their positions for the decades-long terms that were the norm before the late 1990s...
...departure from what has become the norm, there was little controversy in this weekend’s series between No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth and No. 3 Minnesota...
...wrenching. He grew up in Gobi-Altai province to the south, where his family had raised livestock for generations. Four summers ago, however, a severe drought was followed by an early frost, then a brutal winter with high winds. Mongolians have a name for this: the dzud. The historical norm has been roughly one dzud every half-decade, making for a tough season before more-manageable weather returns. But it's now happening for a fourth consecutive year. The dzud means less grass grows and animals can't fatten up before the winter snow buries the meager feed. Livestock starves...
...long way down from the '30s and '40s, when Hollywood had as many top female stars as male--when sexual and intellectual equality was the onscreen norm. Dozens of down-to-earth movie goddesses stood up to their men and used wit as well as wiles on the way to the kiss at the final fade-out. Oddly, though, as women improved their status in American society, they found their roles diminished in films...
After postponing her life for a year, Marisa again became eligible for aid and did end up attending Cal State, Fullerton. Unfortunately, however, Marisa’s case is far from the norm; on the contrary, many young people from low-income families, instead of applying to college a second time, enter the workforce at minimum pay and remain there for life, simply because their families need immediate sources of income. It is these young people who are marginalized so that the politicians on Capitol Hill can ensure hard-working Americans that their tax dollars won?...