Word: normalization
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Barack Obama's challenges at the four-day Democratic national convention in Denver fall into two categories. The first are all the normal tests set out for any non-incumbent seeking the presidency-introducing himself, defining an agenda, making a positive impression, etc. Relatively speaking, these...
...that it ended up adopting peace as a national virtue - during the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics flocks of dove-shaped balloons were released into the air, underlining the not-so-subtle point that Japan wasn't about to declare war anytime soon - the return to traditions is refreshingly, well, normal...
...just a normal person, although he may be from a different planet," says Russian swimmer Alexander Sukhorukov. "A planet from a different galaxy...
...among Chinese athletes. The high-scoring vaulter Li, for instance, continued competing on the parallel bars in the qualification round even though his arm began bleeding. "My arm bleeds every time I practice," said the athlete, who has also suffered a string of foot and ankle ailments. "It is normal...
...were coached to explain to customers that their money was safe. It had little effect. A senior Georgian banking official told me that the equivalent of $100 million, or 3% of the country's total deposit base, was withdrawn from the National Bank of Georgia on Monday alone. Most normal days see a net increase in deposits. The State Bank of Georgia late Monday night declared a bank "holiday" for Tuesday...