1.   And because two-wage-earner households are now the national norm, intact families are under enormous stress as well.

2.   Are their activities a new national norm?

3.   Better yet, donors and international lending agencies should shun all dealings with those who breach their own national norms.

4.   But San Francisco and Los Angeles are actually faring better than the national norm.

5.   Cellucci proceeded to outline a proposal to scale back special education to something closer to the national norm.

6.   Council chairman James Carlin said he hoped to reduce tuition annually, until the cost of attending public colleges here nears the national norm.

7.   Glantz said he compared the rate of increase in tourism in the locations studied against national norms and found no difference.

8.   Ideally, a state test would be referenced to national norms, meaning it would challenge everyone, not just the middle to low achievers.

9.   In many high schools, seniors wonder whether they will succeed in college after attending schools ranked below national norms.

10.   Mississippi third-graders read at slightly lower levels than the national norm.