Word: normalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus, things are back to normal at Dudley House. Except now, discussions are under way to set up a free "interhouse" system at Dudley lunches...
...list is long. But the crown of this particular meditation is the picture of Prospero working out his return to his normal station by supernatural means, the idea of art as a means of grace. Prospero's salvation comes though works as well as fortune--the fortune that thrusts him from his study as well as the fortune that brings his enemies to his shore. To characterize Prospero, like Leontes, as the servant of his random thoughts, is to seriously mistake...
...harder to get to in a high-pressure, commuterized way of life. But the social repression of grief goes against the experience of the human race. Mourning is one of the traditional "rites of passage" through which families and tribes can rid themselves of their dead and return to normal living. Negro funeral parades, Greek klama (ritual weeping), Irish wakes-each in their own way fulfill this function. Orthodox Jewish families are supposed to "sit shivah"; for seven days after the burial they stay home, wearing some symbol of a "shredded garment," such as a piece of torn cloth...
...computer has become a main stay of big business in the U.S., but most small and medium-sized companies still find it too expensive for normal use. Last week two of the biggest com puter makers, General Electric and Control Data Corp., introduced new systems that will offer the small business man the same computer advantages as the biggest corporation. Their move to what is called "time sharing" is part of a growing trend to market the com puter's abilities much as a utility sells light...
From New York, IBM gives shared-time services to 50 customers, including Union Carbide and the Bank of California. Under G.E.'s system, a company can rent the big G.E. 265 for 25 shared hours a month for only $350, compared with a normal monthly rent of $13,000 for individual computers...