Word: norms
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...bisexuals lack an established community or culture to help ease the process. For men, the confusion seems to surface during adolescence and early adulthood. Al, 38, of Chicago, recalls that during his troubled college years "there was almost no place I could go where bisexuality was part of the norm." Having "bought into the myth that bisexuality was a political cop-out," he swung between describing himself as straight and gay. But his distress was so great that "I went though a period of a year or two where I called myself 'unlabeled...
Even companies that are expanding see little reason to add new workers. That is partly because many firms have streamlined their operations and need fewer bodies, but also because firing -- not hiring -- has become the corporate norm. While Chrysler said last week it is investing $225 million to build a new line of Dodge pickup trucks in 1993, the company noted that it plans to add just 70 new jobs as a result of the program. "We're expecting to triple truck sales, and we're looking for a return to profitability," says a senior Chrysler executive. "Life is going...
...highest levels of the national media talent and ambition such as Sheery's are almost the norm. In a tremendously competitive business, ethical responsibility and even editorial supervision can too easily fall by the wayside while a reporter is intent on the big, prizewinning story. Wetlaufer describes this flaw, this loss of persepective and judgment that sometimes occurs in journalism, precisely...
This film could easily have been released during the 1950s, when sanitary mega-historical Hollywood epics were the norm. In fact, Far and Away features an elaborate recreation of the Oklahoma land rush, when settlers launched a mad, ruthless wagon and horse race across the western prairie to claim free plots of land offered by the U.S. government...
Harvard students may feel better knowing this is a national trend, not just their bad luck, With the rise in co-ed schools, says Alexander, "It became more the norm to socialize in groups. Socializing--hanging out--has become much more informal...