Word: norms
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Life tenures aren't the norm around Harvard, and administrators phase in and out of posts, but 2009 was host to a few surprising resignations—and they didn't bode too well for a University in dire need of the best advice and talent during a time of especial fiscal constraints. In late May, Harvard announced that its then-Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst '82 would leave the University for Wall Street, where he had worked for 26 years. But Forst was not the only high-profile finance administrator to leave the University at the tail...
...inspired a small minority of smokers to ignore the ban - a lead that a growing number of their co-workers are deciding to follow," says Rémi Parola, a NSR official. "The law was effective in getting people to accept non-smoking as the legal and social norm, and that's now being slowly eroded...
...calories than white milk does." Only 60 more calories? "That sort of thing drives me crazy," says Schwartz. "People don't become obese overnight. You have too much sugar here and too much sugar there, and it adds up and adds up and sooner or later just becomes the norm...
...seem to suspect that outsiders were involved with the fight, which makes sense since Princeton kids aren't that good at all things physical. But Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne assured the campus that the altercation was a "rare occurrence" that was "an abberation and not the norm at social events sponsored by student organizations...
...negatively affected than others which have more professors to spare. Administrators must work to ensure such departments do not inequitably suffer, and they also must minimize the difference between rates of attrition and hiring in order to ensure that smaller course offerings and larger classes do not become the norm...