Word: normalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then there lurks, as ever, the wonderful world of big business. To add to the normal abuses that constitute "good business" in America, every now and then factories turn out products that manage to beat out their planned obsolescence by several years, and with a vengeance. A classic example if the Ford Pinto, circa 1971-'75. It seems there's something wrong with the gas tanks in some of these Pintos that causes them to explode after a direct, though not necessarily hard, rear-end collision; this tends to fry the unlucky occupants. Late last year a California man sizzled...
...elegant man's handbag dangling from a shoulder strap. But his bag is unusual in one respect. By slipping his hand through an open flap on the side, De Tomaso can quickly grab a .38 revolver that he keeps cradled inside. Says he: "It is just a normal hazard of business life in Italy today...
...truest and most tragic self-analysis, Camus notes, "My whole work is ironic." True because he always places fact alongside theory to dramatize the distance between humane ideals and human failure. Tragic because he also confesses, "The sole effort of my life [was] to live the life of a normal man." A generation after his death, Albert Camus's Notebooks continually show that the "normal" virtues of courage, of decency, of uncompromising accuracy are, in fact, as vulnerable as great writers - and as rare as great writing. - Stefan Kanfer
...would have made union organizing easier by simplifying the enforcement of existing labor-relations laws. A key provision would have given any worker fired for union recruiting-such firings are already banned by law-time and a half in back pay. At present, such a worker must be given normal retroactive pay. Another provision would require that elections among employees on whether to form unions be held in at least 35 days; current law specifies 45 days...
...into the heart artery itself. Guided by X rays that determined precisely where the artery was blocked, he positioned the balloon exactly in the middle of the arterial narrowing and inflated it for several seconds. That compressed the obstructing plaque against the arterial wall, widening the diameter to near normal size. Then, deflating the balloon, the doctor withdrew both catheters. The entire procedure took less than an hour and was apparently successful; a new set of X rays showed that the artery, free of obstruction, once more carried blood freely. Two days later, his angina gone, Robert left the hospital...