Word: normalization
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...year-old Indian Airlines plane "that had met with a small ground incident," cut it up and reassembled it in Dwarka, a fast-growing neighborhood of weed-infested sidewalks and burgeoning middle-class aspirations. Because space is limited, the plane has been cut down to about two-thirds its normal length and is held in place by thick concrete pillars. Inside, Gupta replaced the bulkhead between the coach and business cabins with a wooden wall so he could mount an air conditioner to cool the cabin in New Delhi's oppressive summer heat...
...meantime, scientists caution that the news that children with ADHD appear to follow normal brain-development patterns, albeit a few years behind their peers, should not be taken as an O.K. to throw away their Ritalin. To the contrary, one of the study's co-authors, Dr. Judith Rapoport of the National Institute of Mental Health, says another study the team just submitted for publication (but which has yet to be peer-reviewed) suggests that in a few key areas of the brain that relate to attention and focus, kids with ADHD hew more closely to typical development trajectories only...
...group is palpably joyful in its creative exploration. Congregating in Zornow’s Mather Tower suite, Shiftee, Normal, and J.Ring knock back long-necks of High Life and joke around as they experiment with new beats for their live sets...
Shiftee spins a record, bobbing his head as his fingers instinctively work the vinyl and fader. Normal and J.Ring bounce fiendishly around the cramped space, mouthing lyrics, beat-boxing, and occasionally bursting out into impromptu verse...
...stage and in rehearsals, Shiftee simply does his thing, letting his skills (not to mention J.Ring and Normal) do all the talking...