Word: norms
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More likely, the error that the article makes is an unconscious assumption that the norm among the Confederacy was whiteness, so a "Southerner" is a "white Southerner." This is the same error that justifies treating the Confederate flag as a "regional symbol...
Sophomore Eileen Horwath, a field hockey player, missed the last season probably due to a pulled ligament in her back, though even now no one is sure. However, she continued to go to all practices and games, as is the norm for injured athletes that can still walk...
...article in the International Journal of the Addiction, Perkins cites a study he conducted with psychologist Alan D. Berkowitz, also from Hobart and William Smith, which found that the gap of perception between "personal attitudes" and the "perceived norm" is substantial. In that study, Perkins and Berkowitz conclude: "Virtually no direct association between drinking behavior and perceived norms was found...
Wechsler assumes that students will be persuaded by the "second hand binge effects," but his approach neglects to set a definition or a norm at which students are bothered by drinkers. Wechsler's approach, therefore, seems to miss the most fundamental aspect of teaching students the affects of drinking: what the students themselves actually perceive about drinking...
...Crimson will have to find out whether Saturday's disappointment was the exception or the norm. The defense allowed the Engineers to shoot over 61 percent from the floor, including 63.6 percent from three-point range. Though the flat defensive play provided Harvard its first stumbling block of the season, the players are taking it in stride...