Word: normalization
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...standard-sized, individually wrapped condom of the kind put in dispensers in Canaday, Weld, and Greenough last spring measures 2 inches by 2 inches and is about a quarter-inch thick. Usually made of latex or occasionally polyurethane, the modern condom can stretch to 800 percent its normal size, if necessary—both a prophylactic and a practical joke waiting to happen. As a method of birth control, it boasts a 98 percent success rate, and when used to protect against STDs, one incurs less than a quarter of the risk one might incur through unprotected sex. As prophylactics...
...unusual aspects of this case is the incredible length of time that's passed since the deaths, with everyone waiting for something to happen," says Michael Zander, professor emeritus of law at the London School of Economics. "And the number of witnesses involved is much larger than normal. But, then, there is no 'normal' when you're talking about Princess Diana...
Also perfectly normal. Eccentricity can play as badly on the campaign trail as vice. If Obama has any weird habits along with his unhealthy one, now is the time to chuck them. The ideal candidate in the age of no offense might be the abstemious Mitt Romney--except that his Mormon faith, even though it is 177 years old and made in America, puzzles Evangelicals and liberals...
...having sex.” Blake L. Johnson ’09 said he agreed with Madison’s message. “I’m glad that it wasn’t judgmental, and she let us know that regardless of orientation or whatever, we were normal,” he said. Comparing Madison’s talk to a 2005 event on the female orgasm, Johnson said last night’s discussion was “different...but not disappointingly...
...much better now.” Self-described as “shy and deferential,” Graysmith says that no one expected him to become so absorbed in the ordeal. Today, 28 years after the first murder, Graysmith still seems like a pretty normal guy. Perhaps a bit eccentric when it comes to his crime novels—seven of which have been published, three of which have been made into films—he is enthusiastic about what he does, and happy to let anyone with the slightest inclination know the thoughts in his head. According...