Word: normally
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...normal cyclical slowdown, lowering interest rates encourages fresh business activity by reducing the cost of borrowing from banks. With more borrowing comes more investment, more jobs and more growth. But these are far from ordinary times. Banks, already burdened with bad consumer and commercial debts, are desperate to clean up their balance sheets and avoid risk - they are not eager to take on more risk by issuing new loans against the backdrop of a deteriorating business climate. American consumers, too, are trying to reduce household debt, so borrowing more money for a new car or to remodel the kitchen...
...Florida's 11.2 million registered voters by the actual Nov. 4 Election Day. That massive turnout prompted Florida's GOP governor, Charlie Crist, to flash his bipartisan bona fides this week and lengthen early voting on weekdays by four hours (while letting each county decide whether to lengthen the normal hours this weekend...
...stride. Donning a retainer during the week and a mouthpiece on the weekends, Hanson is the Peter Parker of the Crimson football squad.His unassuming personality makes you forget he is a standout player, and his electrifying play makes you forget he is a freshman.Hanson is the quintessential normal guy off the field: quiet, reserved, and noticeably polite. A human evolutionary biology concentrator and aspiring doctor, Hanson is truly dedicated to his schoolwork off the field. You can usually find him sporting an abnormally large backpack as he fixes his retainer with his index finger. Neither his size nor his demeanor...
...accounts. Students can reach the service through a link in the upper left-hand corner of HCL’s Web site. Participating librarians undergo a 10-minute training session to practice instant messaging through Meebo. During the service’s hours, they answer questions while conducting their normal duties so that productivity does not decrease. Questions asked through these online chats have been short and simple, and usually consist of queries about library hours or the availability of a specific book, according to Joe Bourneuf, the head of the reference section in Widener Library. Bourneuf also said that...
...close to a cloth surrogate mother rather than one made of wire, even when the wire "mother" carried a food bottle. Harlow's work and subsequent studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills...