Word: normalization
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...REVIVAL $39 million Cost of restoring the Buddhist Tianning Pagoda in Changzhou, China, which local officials say is the world's tallest 300 million Number of Chinese who practice a religion, according to a survey by Shanghai's East China Normal University
...said. “Let’s stop being a one-issue mission [and instead] highlight Israel’s creativity, innovation, its pubs, its youth, and determination to make life better,” he said. “They should know we’re normal.” Talking about a number of growing problems in the region, Gillerman specifically criticized the Iranian government for perpetuating the growing “culture of violence.” Emphasizing the gravity of the situation, he offered personal accounts of the violence occurring on both sides and presented...
...that uses scientific data and cultural studies to create a picture of what it means to be human sounds like a perfect model for an institution that a few months ago pledged $50 million to interdisciplinary studies. However, the $50 million initiative didn’t come through the normal channels of Faculty of Arts and Sciences funding. It came as a direct mandate from the Corporation. In a university that prides itself on its intellectual freedom and the talent of its faculty, why does interdisciplinary work have to be forced...
...Royal, for her part, did precisely that. Her dander ran highest after Sarkozy argued that handicapped children in France should be integrated into normal schools. Royal said it was "scandalous" and "the height of political immorality" for Sarkozy to make such a proposition "with a tear in your eye" when the conservative government he has served in for the last five years, she claimed, suppressed the teaching positions that would have made such a policy possible. Sarkozy tried to turn the exchange to his advantage by intoning that the responsibilities of the presidency are "very heavy" and that using words...
...arts school, Jackiw wanted the experience of both. “A lot of people who are serious about music go to arts high schools or are home-schooled,” says Jackiw, explaining the difference between himself and other young musicians. “I went to normal high school and loved it. Having been exposed to things besides music and having friends who aren’t musicians, I wanted to have that same environment. I wanted to continue that, but I had to be in the city so I could still be serous about music...