Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Usually it gives them, rather subtly, a few notches up on the ladder," Salzberg says, adding that candidates with an MBA from the Business School can even expect to receive $10,000 to $20,000 more than the normal salary range...
...through November 30), the U.S. could be facing one of the worst series of storms in history. Hurricane Gert is gaining momentum and pushing west from the Atlantic, followed closely by another tropical storm, which will be called Harvey if it grows in intensity. "We've already seen the normal number of major hurricanes this year," says Lushine. "The average is two per year hitting the U.S., and it looks like we could see two or even three more before the season...
Self-improvement has forever been an American religion, but the norms about what is normal keep changing. Many parents don't think twice about straightening their kids' crooked teeth but stop short of fixing a crooked nose, and yet, in just the past seven years, plastic surgery performed on teens has doubled. As for intellectual advantages, parents soak their babies in Mozart with dubious effect, put a toy computer in the crib, elbow their way into the best preschools to speed them on their path to Harvard. Infertile couples advertise for an egg donor in the Yale Daily News, while...
What can you do while waiting? To fend off normal age-related memory loss, follow the adage Use it or lose it, the experts say. Simply reading a book or working a crossword puzzle on a regular basis can do wonders, even if it's not clear why. "The most solid piece of advice is to stay active," says Patricia Tun, associate director of the memory and cognition lab at Brandeis University. In the long run, a common-sense diet and healthy lifestyle may be the best memory boosters...
Keep in mind that homesickness can be normal even in college. "It usually means they have a good home and good family they're leaving," says Gail Bell, associate director of career planning and counseling at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, where last year four of 200 freshmen sought counseling for homesickness. That's the happy side of separation sadness...