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...Implicitly adopting the male life as the norm, they have tried to fashion women out of a masculine cloth,” she wrote in the introduction. “In the life cycle, the woman has been the deviant...
...career couples become the norm, Harvard cannot expect professors to leave homes in other cities for Harvard at late points in their career...
...ease, confidence and efficiency with which Szuba plunged into his new life is hardly the norm, according to Sedlar and Miners. Even if people know their drivers and trust what their gut tells them to pursue, they're often concerned about other people's reactions. Sedlar describes an attorney, in practice for 30 years, who is gung ho on fly-fishing and, at 62, would like to commercially sell the rods he makes. "But how does he justify, in his head, 'I'm a highly successful lawyer, I've got all this recognition; what will people say?'" she says. "Somewhere...
Another problem with the inflation data is the mythical average household. If you spend a lot on health care or have three kids in college, your reality will not match the norm. To adjust for changes in demographics and spending habits, the average is recalculated every two years. But it still lags some trends. Cell phones and Internet access are significant new expenses for many families that aren't adequately captured in the latest CPI. And today's cost-of-living adjustments don't reflect looming shocks, like the $78 billion cumulative deficit that state governments will soon be making...
...flexible structure of the fellowship program creates the opportunity for things outside the norm, such as breakfast meetings and informal collaboration, Randall says...