Word: normale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Subjects left their wristwatches at the door and lived for 28 days in an environment of subdued light. Cut off from normal activities such as work and school, study participants lived a 28-hour day as researchers studied their sleep patterns...
...explain the difference between "Afro-American" and "nigger," Russians sometimes make me feel as though I am a cultural imperialist. In this non-American society, it is incredibly difficult--and most of the time, futile--to explain why one must not use the "n-word." In Russian, the normal word for someone who is black is very similar, and the term "black person" is considered pejorative. To suggest that they use the term "Afro-American" elicits eye-rolling and cackles of laughter. But it stings my American ears when my Russian friend responds, "What's the difference? A nigger...
...explain the difference between "Afro-American" and "nigger," Russians sometimes make me feel as though I am a cultural imperialist. In this non-American society, it is incredibly difficult--and most of the time, futile--to explain why one must not use the "n-word." In Russian, the normal word for someone who is black is very similar, and the term "black person" is considered pejorative. To suggest that they use the term "Afro-American" elicits eye-rolling and cackles of laughter. But it stings my American ears when my Russian friend responds, "What's the difference? A nigger...
...normal year we'd expect 50 people...Typically you'll build it in that 50 to 100 people come off the waiting list," said Fitzsimmons, who held the final meeting of this year's admissions committee two days...
...normal year we'd expect 50 people...Typically you'll build it in that 50 to 100 people come off the waiting list," said Fitzsimmons, who held the final meeting of the admissions committee this year two days...