Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with the idea of giving up the rehabilitation business and moving to Washington to start an operation that will distribute distressed merchandise, such as mislabeled canned food and slightly flawed clothing, to the needy. "It's a bigger notion than Synanon is now," Dederich says. "I have the normal desire to get my name in the newspapers and history books...
Vorenberg said he will not be paid for his work and will continue his normal duties as a Law professor to "be prepared to take on public assignments from time to time...
Kanfer's office in its normal state is legendary for its clutter. As the Christmas volumes pile ever higher, it becomes increasingly difficult to maneuver to the editor's desk. Says Kanfer: "The maids used to say, 'Oh, Mr. Kanfer, if you would just clean your office once a week, it would be so nice.' Now they say, 'Oh, Mr. Kanfer, if you would just clean your office once a month . . .' " What Kanfer does not mention is that he was once assaulted by a cleaning lady driven to violence over the impenetrable litter...
...carpenter bee resembles a forest in a nightmare. At 13,818 times, a crack in an eggshell is a mysterious view of a devastating earthquake. In Magnifications (Schocken; 119 pages; $24.95), Photographer David Scharf takes the reader on a visual adventure into microspace. The images are beyond normal senses, but through the microscope Scharf puts the reader eyeball to eyeball with tiny insects like the Feathery Midge (in life about 2 mm. long) and allows us to make contact with beautiful, intriguing, minute parts of plants and minerals. He has combined scientific knowledge and photographic talent. With this book...
When birds lay more eggs than normal, it is usually a sign that something dramatic is happening to the flock. While investigating that phenomenon among Western seagulls on a California island, two researchers made a startling discovery: most of the apparent egg overproduction was the result of homosexual pairings of female birds, each producing the normal number of eggs. The female pairs-some 10% of the population-produce both sterile eggs and eggs fertilized by a visiting male. "We were absolutely astounded," said George Hunt, 35, a biologist at the University of California at Irvine. "This sort of thing...