In such a world, there will be a need for diplomacy and norm-setting among the international community.
But the four-year Scottish honours degree is likely to remain the norm - if only because there isn't enough time for more radical reform.
Through these twelve steps, AA achieves the moral education and esteem building necessary for a productive norm-abiding life in a community of mutual trust and respect.
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And I think that, you know, once we see something that is the norm - which is gun violence in New Orleans - we sort of accept it and we move on.
Indeed, the main impetus to conclude the CWC arose from the world's failure to respond to Iraq's violations of an earlier international norm -- the 1925 ban on first use of chemical weapons.
Growth is back to the pre-Crisis norm of double-digit figures.
" Sold in shopping malls and discount stores and not just small computer stores -- the norm for the time -- the C64 became many people's gateway into the world of computers, said Brian Bagnall, author of "On the edge: The spectacular rise and fall of Commodore.
Tenet Healthcare ( THC - news - people ), says that a 40% discount off the inflated list price is the norm for cash-paying customers.
He represents the exception rather than the norm in right-wing extremist circles.
Todd Roscoe, a former executive at the hospital chain Tenet Healthcare, says that a 40% discount off the inflated list price is the norm for cash-paying customers.
Become aware of when conformity to the group norm is counter-productive and should not be followed, when independence should take precedence and be adopted regardless of social rejection by that group.
The cash flow available for stocks is as least a trillion bucks as individuals and corporate pension funds reverse course and move back to an historical norm on debt-equity ratio composition.
Three actors of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" -- Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier -- earned nominations, though only McDonald (who also is on ABC's "Private Practice") grabbed an award for best performance by a leading actress in a play.
Budget-redirecting in Washington has become the norm since Iraq and Afghanistan and pre-election year politics have already raised cries for frugality from political circles.
Indeed, they may conform to the biological norm, whereas mass-media audiences may have been an aberration.
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Among men in Union Grove, beards were the norm so any clean-shaven man was apt to look young.
Those companies who no longer innovate, die and those companies who accept the sub-standard norm will also die.
So in many wealthy countries, the retail sector has developed a no-haggling norm.
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Because I think the no-haggling norm is good for society, I think firms that defect from it deserve to be stigmatized.
That compares with the system-wide norm in the 60s and low 70s.
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The lead discussants for the opening session of the day's program were Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Paul Wolfowitz, the former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
One reply to my argument for a better social norm is that would-be voters who could be persuaded by such logic are likely above average in terms of how well informed they are.
Rics Scotland director Sarah Speirs said while it was encouraging that the housing market appeared to be moving away from the highly negative figures witnessed in previous years, activity was still much lower than the pre-crisis norm.
Alternatively, if rents continue to rise at their current annual pace of 2.5%, house prices would need to remain flat for over ten years to bring America's ratio of house prices to rents back to its long-term norm.
Yet seen from India, and from countries that, unlike India and Pakistan, have observed the anti-testing norm and promised to forswear nuclear weapons, a presidential visit will amount in diplomatic terms to the next best thing to general acceptance.
In the coming months, Levin and subcommittee ranking member Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) are expected to work closely with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which has jurisdiction over banking legislation, to craft a bill that provides more protection to consumers.
There will be demand for basic, isolated entry-level models for many years to come, especially in developing countries, where AA-powered gadgets are still the norm and surfing the web means a 20-minute trek to an internet cafe, where browsing and social updates are billed by the minute.
August 4, 2008 - Appointment TV -- tuning in at specific times to watch scheduled shows -- is no longer the norm for many viewers, and that presents a threat to the value of ad-supported programming, according to new consumer research by Oliver Wyman.
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