Word: normalization
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...author of the personal growth guide The Sedona Method, believes "the world is hurting and in turmoil. The distance between that trouble and our everyday lives has dissipated due to the widespread availability of cable news and the Internet. People are ready to find a way out beyond the normal paradigms we all live...
...global telecommunications infrastructure into chaos. Asian businesses were left without email, Internet service and in some cases telephone connections to the outside world. Financial markets were interrupted. Even those who found they could reach some websites experienced download speeds reminiscent of antiquated dial-up service. Communications were returning to normal on Thursday, but network problems could persist for days or weeks until the submarine cables are repaired...
...through. Paul Hsu, a Hong Kong banker, says that while the Internet was running slowly, there was no panic at his office. "Things are pretty chill here," he says. Steve Rowles, an analyst at CFC Seymour stock brokerage in Hong Kong, says his company was unable to use its normal trading system on Wednesday but kept operating by routing buy and sell orders through its main office in Switzerland. But he noted that trading volumes were light because the outage occurred between Christmas and New Year's Day. "If this had happened two weeks from now, there would have been...
...everywhere.” Hyman’s efforts, though, have occasionally met with resistance from what he calls an “inward-looking, conservative” attitude to which some departments can be susceptible. “It can be quite challenging to make appointments outside the normal boundaries of discipline-based departments, which interferes with Harvard taking leadership roles in emerging disciplines and cross-disciplinary fields,” Hyman says. Deputy Provost for Administration Eric Buehrens ’75 says the provost’s office has evolved into “an incubator...
...think it’s normal for new student organizations to go through cycles,” Baldegg said. “I think [Vandenberg] and the other kids working on it will figure out a new infrastructure...