Word: normalization
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...Planning to spend the normal two years away from home, Hatch prepared to dedicate himself to the Church mission...
When I say that my family is freer than most, I mean that in a fairly literal sense. While most people use these 700 words to wax poetic about how they found themselves abroad or about how their weird family is actually normal, I cannot do the same, because I have yet to find myself, and my weird family is actually weird. While I could talk about the film canister filled with leafy greens I was given over Christmas break by an extended family member or the tears that spill out of my father’s eyes whenever...
...Everyone has different levels of comfort with their body, and I am blessed that my upbringing cemented in me the ability to be comfortable in my own skin, in my own home, with my own people. If this is weird, I don’t want to be normal. My brain owes Eve a debt for eating the fruit, but when it comes to my body, I think I will stick with my family in upholding the values of Eden...
Most people (and TV networks) budget three hours for a baseball game. Really, though, this is far longer than the baseball gods ever intended. It is twice as long as a normal game was in the early 20th century. In 1920, a 26-inning game—that’s almost three normal games in a row—ended after three hours and 50 minutes. Even by 1943, the American League average game length was still just one hour, 58 minutes...
...give any further details that could lead to his or her identification would be in contempt of a court order obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the body responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales. "It's quite normal in cases of blackmail to ask for a Section 11 order [under the 1981 Contempt of Court Act] to protect the identity of the person who's the alleged victim," says a spokeswoman for the CPS. "The whole point of blackmail is that you threaten somebody to reveal something and if it then comes...