Word: normalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conditions, since Lindbergh is the only airport in the area with the sophisticated electronics for guiding instrument flights. As they circled to await the assigned time for their training maneuver, a mild Santa Ana wind was blowing off the hot, dry desert out of the east, contrary to the normal prevailing winds off the Pacific. To aid the light craft, the tower gave approval for it to use Runway 9 (the designation for a runway heading of 90°, or due east). Commercial flights, not affected by the light wind, were using the same runway but in the opposite direction...
...SEPARATE PEACE lasted only until an unbelievably huge woman heaved herself into the adjacent booth, gingerly followed by two relatively normal-sized girl friends. As they began talking, the two ordinary women grew more and more nervous. At the end of what must have been the thousandth disastrous Friday night of the fat girl's life, they compared notes about their dates. The seat began rocking violently like a small boat in a large storm as the fat girl became more and more agitated; in between gulps of food and drink she threw her body from side to side...
Councilor David Wylie noted that although he did not think tax-exempt institutions could afford to pay normal taxes, he "would like to see them pay more...
Crane said the legislation he plans to introduce is based on a law passed in Connecticut last year. That law stipulates that the state must give communities with tax-exempt institutions 25 per cent of what the city would receive if those institutions were taxed at normal rates...
Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said he would like to see Harvard pay according to normal tax rates but added that he is "afraid Harvard will dump the whole thing on tuition costs and then only the rich kids will be able to attend--kids from working class families won't have a chance...