Word: usual
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...might not say that it is ‘business as usual,’” Selsby wrote. “I would definitely say that we have hardly slowed down because of these openings...
...addition to her usual meetings with international alumni, Faust stopped by a girls’ high school in Japan to discuss challenges that continue to face women in the workplace—continuing her tradition of raising women’s issues while visiting schools for girls abroad, which she did most recently on her November trip to South Africa and Botswana...
Adventurous excursions aside, it was business as usual for Harvard, as the women took the field for exhibition contests against three Italian teams—ASD Mozzanica, ACF Firenze, and Cervia. The Crimson lost a hard-fought match to Cervia but picked up 2-1 wins against Mozzanica and Firenze...
...alone, the Oscars show was the usual gala of stars, thank-yous and back-patting. On social-media platforms, it was a conversation about fashion (what is J. Lo wearing?), race (why do they cut to Morgan Freeman every time Precious wins an award?) and politics (Fox News paranoiac Glenn Beck tweeted that Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker was "an anti US/human movie against an anti US/Troops movie"). TV with Twitter is like an instant DVD commentary. (See pictures of Oscar fashion from the red carpet...
...While northern China has been battered by sandstorms this spring, traditionally soggier south China has been battling drought. Premier Wen Jiabao spent the weekend touring drough-stricken villages in Yunnan province, where many areas have received half the usual rainfall. Sixteen million people in the region are now suffering drinking water shortages, according to state media. The Dai ethnic group, which is concentrated near the Burmese border in western Yunnan, has even been encouraged to cut back on the amount of water used during the upcoming Water Splashing Festival it celebrates each year to mark the arrival of spring...