Word: norms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union. We saw Father rarely, during brief furloughs and on medical leaves after he was wounded, the first time in 1942, then a year later at Kursk, during the largest tank battle of the war. We missed him, but that was the norm for every family I knew. The last time we had seen Father was in late April 1945, when he unexpectedly appeared for a six-hour visit, in filthy camouflage battle dress, his arm still bandaged from an old, oozing wound. He told Mother it was time...
...would like to thank them for their concern, and secondly, I'd like to say they have nothing to be worried about. Recently I underwent a complete medical checkup. The results were made known to the Russian press. The specialists did not uncover any noticeable deviations from the norm. There are fluctuations, of course, in my blood pressure, but the doctors and I are watching this. In general, I feel fine...
...question is not whether any leader isgoing to offend people but the quantum of offense.I don't think with [Cash] it's any greater thanthe norm," the professor added...
...degrees, it is being awarded with greater frequency and being required of greater numbers of applicants to positions in industry, education and academia. The recent hiring of two new Assistant Deans of Freshmen, both with Ph.D.s, points to the pervasive standard for hiring practices which is fast becoming the norm...
...must be greater than the moral norm tosurvive," he said...