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Word: norms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prefrosh, just a quick word about the flora. Perhaps its true that God went to Harvard, or maybe Harvard has just figured out a way to control the weather, but the sunkissed blossoms that bedeck the campus are hardly the norm. Most of the time, Cambridge is soaked by a bone-chilling wetness that makes London look like a tropical paradise. And don't let any Discipulus Felix from Crimson Key tell you any different...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: A New Cambridge Taxonomy | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

Rosenthal knows that unless he finds a more effective method of improving UHS's image, students will continue to feel that quality care is the exception and not the norm. And doctors know too well that if a sick student doesn't get proper treatment, it can mean lots of pain, 47 days with your mouth wired shut, or even worse...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer and Joe Mathews, S | Title: UHS Care Sound, Despite Fears | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

Winsten emphasized that the project doesn't aim to change social perceptions, but instead encourages television programs to reflect an existing change in the social norm...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, | Title: Harvard Group Works With 90210 Producers | 3/25/1993 | See Source »

...kind of half-breeds. We speak Arabic, but not as well as if we had grown up there," he says. "I don't mind feeling Arab--it's an important heritage. I think it's nice to have some part of your background be different from the norm...

Author: By Rebecca M. Wand, | Title: Facing Down Stereotypes | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

...young beauty enjoyed making The Crying Game, but has no plans to cash in on his starburst. "The more away from the norm you are," he notes, "the fewer parts there are. So I can't see myself being offered many parts. And I don't see many worth doing. It's not that I don't want to act a'tall. It's that I only want to do things I like and that I've got the specs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Read This Story! | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

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