After surgery, everything normalizes.

As the economy normalizes, consumption and investment will resume.

It normalizes political relations between the two countries, thereby facilitating their further cooperation and rapprochement.

As security improves and the situation gradually normalizes, women are still at greater risk of suffering human rights abuses and violations.

As the Fed normalizes its monetary policy and the ECB doubles down on extraordinary measures, we certainly should hope for the best.

Nevertheless, the treaty is a considerable achievement. It normalizes political relations between the two countries, thereby facilitating their further cooperation and rapprochement.

As for the US, it makes little sense to support dollar currency pegs in any large emerging market, at least until its trade balance normalizes. This is no time for oil currency hypocrisy.

In such circumstances, the Administrator may be authorized, on an exceptional basis, to approve projects as appropriate without benefit of a country programme framework until such time as the situation in the country normalizes.

As the economy normalizes, consumption and investment will resume. When they do and assuming that the government does not suddenly tighten its belt (it has no credible plan to do so) there is every likelihood that America s appetite for foreign cash will surge again.

In order to regain Latin America s support and to dent Chávez s popularity the Bush administration will need much more than a short trip. Passing a comprehensive Immigration Bill that normalizes the legal status of millions of Latin American workers in the US may help.