Word: standard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...establishment boasts cement walls accented by hot water pipes suspended from the ceiling. Small black lacquered tables clutter the single-roomed cafe as tortured writers sit enraptured in their favorite author's prose. In the back kitchen, two or three waify waiters lounge around the underground den in the standard uniform of black slacks, white button down shirts and skinny black ties. But coffee isn't all that's brewing at Cafe Pamplona. According to one Pamplone waiter, the Pamp's owner doesn't hire female waitresses--regardless of applicants' resemblance of waif-like males...
...Methods: The first germ sample taken became the control, the gold standard against which the rest of the samples were measured. What better benchmark to use than the inside of a reporter's mouth? Between excellent oral hygiene habits, good health and minimal cursing tendencies, how much cleaner...
...beginning, all rooms are created equal: three pieces of standard-issue furniture and a wad of poster gum. But some students turn their cubes into castles with a special flair. They go beyond postering with the Table of Elements and I Believe in Me banners, seeking to escape from a mundane, one-size-fits-all lifestyle. They submerge themselves in make-believe fantasylands. They create their own waterfalls...
Clearly, those who promote free trade can no longer ignore its non-economic implications. The standard arguments in favor of free trade still hold: It promotes growth and interdependence and helps developing countries improve their standards of living. However, globalization has a powerful impact on questions of labor and environmental protection, and those concerned about these effects will not be persuaded by only economic arguments. The protesters in Seattle saw the WTO and free trade as representative of interests fundamentally alien to their own; the coalition for free trade can only be rebuilt taking these concerns into account, with adequate...
...enough of Bing Crosby's crooning? Handel's Messiah not your cup of nog? This holiday season, in what has become a perennial tradition, a host of popular artists (think 'N Sync and 98 Degrees) has reroasted the standard Christmas chestnuts. We sampled a few of the more palatable...