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  • Because Far Side was also about this feeling of solitude, of being isolated, of not being understood, or not being invited to be part of what we call normality.

    The Clog 2009

  • And it is true that many who put Mr. Harding in power regard him as the symbol of something which they call normalcy; which may roughly be translated into English by the word normality.

    What I Saw in America 1905

  • Now they know, and there were some awful times when i thought i would never get my life back to any kind of normality. .but take the example of Canada.

    fragile-liar Diary Entry fragile-liar 2002

  • The looting stopped, and by late in the day they were joined by other tribal fighters, and the situation in the city returned to some kind of normality.

    CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2001 2001

  • Maybe she’ll help him regain normality. kcball Says:

    A CHIME OF REDS • by C.L. Holland 2009

  • The biometer applied to man has made it possible to reconstruct the absolutely average man, that is to say, the man whose body gives average measurements in every part; and these average measurements have been found, by means of the statistical and morphological studies of medicine, to correspond to "normality."

    Spontaneous Activity in Education Maria Montessori 1911

  • Today's politicized rape climate reverses the proportions of normal and pathological: making the majority experience pathological and holding up an as-yet unachieved ideal as the prototype of "normality."

    MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory zed 2010

  • Dressed in brightly coloured jumpers, bearing the motto, "I am living my dream," the pupils spoke of the need to carry on with their lives, even if they could never return to "normality."

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In the debate on race in Cuba, the media have drawn some of the heaviest criticism for allegedly fomenting stereotypes that identify black people and people of mixed ancestry with crime, or with very specific activities like sports and music, while establishing the idea of white 'normality.'

    Global Issues News Headlines 2009

  • She's also apparently doing it because it's what she's used to - she's used to being filmed and so as long as she is working she can retain some kind of normality.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2009

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