Word: normalization
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...While last year was an exceptionally light season - which National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza admitted was incorrectly forecast - the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA) predicts an above normal season for 2007, which ends on Nov. 30: 13 to 17 named storms. Seven to 10 will become hurricanes (three to five may be category three or higher.) There's a 75% chance one of these will make landfall...
...conducted in 13 states, which indicated that one in two children had been sexually abused, often by people familiar to them. Interpol warns against molesters masquerading as aid workers to get close to poor, orphaned children in the aftermath of natural catastrophes such as the 2004 tsunami. Even under normal circumstances, cultural norms and social structures complicate matters. Most Asian societies are both sexually repressed and respectful of elders-a double whammy when it comes to dealing with sex offenders. From a young age, children are taught not to talk back to elders, which makes it harder for them...
Determined to create something closer to a normal family life for their daughter, the Mikols applied to a new federal program that allowed Julia to retain Medicaid coverage while being cared for at home. After a lengthy bureaucratic struggle, Margaret and Yves became the first parents in New York and the second parents in the nation to take home a child on life support. "The process transformed my personality," says Margaret. "I had been a shy and timid person, and I became brassy and obnoxious. I changed into a beast to protect my child...
...next five years, the Mikols did everything they could to give Julia a normal childhood. But when Julia's condition worsened, the 8-year-old refused the recommended heart-and-lung transplant, and her parents reluctantly agreed with her decision. Before her death, Julia asked her mother to promise to help other children. "You got me home," she told Margaret in the sign language she used to communicate. "You've got to get them home...
...shouldn't act like [homelessness] is a normal part of American life," Daley told TIME. "In the richest nation in the world, there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live without a roof over their head...