Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When my parents moved us to California, the most important factor in my life--my immediate family--remained constant. But my father's move would have far greater significance. Entering such a place would signal the end of the normal, fully independent phase of life. It must be terribly hard to let that go. Yet at some point, he'll presumably have...
...ruthlessly honest disposition. Millions were moved by the purified version of her diary originally published by her father, but the recent critical, unexpurgated edition has moved millions more by disanointing her solely as an emblem of innocence. Anne's deep effect on readers comes from her being a normal, if gifted, teenager. She was curious about sex, doubtful about religion, caustic about her parents, irritable especially to herself; she believed she had been fitted with two contradictory souls...
...pressure was on as Fineberg and Wallach gotto work in early 1999. A steady drip ofadministrative departures at Radcliffe hadembarrassed the administration, which claimed theturnover was just normal institutional attrition...
...same token, Gogan said the Houses and the Yard residences also generated about 55 tons of paper recycling waste during move- out period--about one-third higher than normal. With recycling charged at $20 per ton, the additional waste costs the College another extra...
Last week's announcement that the University will increase its endowment payout by 20 percent next year is welcome news. Despite the big numbers involved, though, Harvard is merely returning to its normal spending level--a level many financial analysts agree is quite conservative...