Those ZIP codes bookend Forbes.com's annual list of the priciest areas in the country--neighborhoods where home costs soar far above the norm.

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The extra voltage delivered to speakers by this generation of component hasn't been especially wild -- just a couple of volts above the industry norm of around 3V.

ENGADGET

The 500 achieved a return-on-equity of 14.3%, far above the historical norm of 12%.

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But the average hides such eye-poppers as a 100% tariff on imported sedan cars, while even 17% is above the norm for developing countries.

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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.

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Mr Zhou hopes that by the end of the year exports will have recovered to 3-5% above last year, and investment will have grown by 5%: not as good as the norm, but hardly recession.

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