Word: normale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficulty in cutting the budget shows that it will not be easy -- or painless -- for the U.S. to resolve its economic problems. Even if the country avoids a recession in the near future, it faces a long period of slower than normal growth, which will be necessary to bring down the trade deficit. The decline in the dollar will help, but only by curbing the rise in the U.S. standard of living. If Americans cannot lower their expectations now, they face faster inflation and a truly nasty recession somewhere down the road...
...child. If he or she is too small, it can be a sign of chronic malnourishment. Danish Nutritionist Birthe Pedersen, who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross, is measuring an eight-year-old boy. The upper part of his sticklike arm is 9.8 cm around; a normal child's arm is about 15 cm. After the boy walks away, Pedersen looks grim. "He will not live very long," she says...
...just completed the first phase of her research, interviewing a control group of 40 females about their normal eating habits. Most of the members of the control group are Tufts students who receive extra credit in their psychology course at the university...
...much his convictions really meant to Reagan. So it is now with Simon. As David Axelrod, who managed his Senate campaign, told the New Republic, "Simon's greatest strength has nothing to do with issues. People respond to something in him that says, 'This isn't your normal bullshit politician...
...headed the archives for nearly 20 years. His staff of 24 previously considered four visitors a month a busy season. Now Erlandsson expects at least that many callers a day. "This used to be such a quiet place," he says. "I have a feeling things will never return to normal...