Word: normalization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...That request was denied. They must now hope that he can hang in there, and that when the time comes he seem plausibly insane, but not so much so that the court has to take over - a kind of self-control that could be daunting even for a normal person being tried for murder...
...single can change a band's audience. Lit seems to have adopted some rock star indulgences-for one thing, they had some really unusual facial hair. Singer A. Jay Popoff sported some gigantic mutton chop sideburns, but compared to his brother, guitarist Jeremy Popoff, he was refreshingly normal-looking. Jeremy's facial hair can only be described as what would happen if Abe Lincoln and a guy from ZZ Top had a child who decided to braid the length of his beard...
...annual human rights report used harsher terms to describe China's actions this year regarding political and religious freedoms than in any year since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The Republican leadership in Congress has tried to find a balance by holding a tough line on Taiwan while advocating normal trading relations, but it is unclear whether this balance is sustainable...
...this makes Clinton's response even more vital. With the debate on normal trading relations with China (a precursor to WTO entry) on hold due to a breakdown in talks between China and the European Union, now is the time for Clinton to make a strong case for open trade with China. China's entry into the WTO would give the world one more lever to secure economic, if not political, openness and to encourage the rising class of Chinese reformers. Clinton has made the case that economic freedom will necessarily lead to better political conditions, but has cited little...
Corps participants would be divided into small groups (so they wouldn't only talk to each other), and sent to work in places where summa is a prepositional phrase ("the summa two and four is six") and the people are still happy and normal. The students could tutor, babysit, paint houses, sack groceries or wait tables; whatever needs doing and isn't getting done. The Harvard Corp's tasks might not be exactly like the Peace Corps. For instance, a village well dug by VES concentrators might periodically shoot out flame and speak in the voice of John Lennon, making...