Word: normalize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...downplayed the importance of dissident voices that he was expected to hear on such sensitive issues in the U.S. church as marriage for priests, homosexuality and the ordination of women. "I am accustomed to that," he said in answer to a question about protests. "It would not be normal not having that -- especially in America." John Paul said he intended to speak to both dissenters and the "great silent majority that is faithful...
...heartbeat. At week's end both were in critical but stable condition. Until the babies are roused from drug-induced comas, doctors cannot fully assess their health. "Success in this operation is not just separating the twins," says Dr. Mark Rogers, who coordinated the effort. "Success is producing two normal children...
When the hearts were restarted with an electrical jolt and blood, warmed in the bypass machines, was recirculated, doctors faced another complication: massive bleeding in each infant's brain. Overall, the surgery consumed 60 pints of blood products, dozens of times the babies' normal volume. Worried about rapid swelling of the brain tissue, the team decided to wait for a later date to install titanium plates custom designed to help close the babies' skulls. In addition, there was not enough scalp to cover both infants' heads; Benjamin's was therefore temporarily closed with surgical mesh...
...number of deaths of Aborigines while in police custody -- 14 since December -- is worrying the government. Last month Hawke set up a commission to look into the causes. One recent report claims that Aborigines are so used to being assaulted by police that they think it is a normal part of being arrested...
...their jobs. With that painful exercise over, Ford's profits are expected to be just as good or better this year. Meantime, the company's domestic-market share climbed from 18.2% last year to 20.1% in July, and some Ford plants are humming along at more than 100% of normal capacity. Facing such rosy prospects, Stanley Surma, Ford's director of labor relations, vowed that the firm would "come out with a job-security plan that addresses the concerns of the employees." The term strike, he added, was a "bad word...