The ClimaLite was replaced by cheap cotton; the running shoes were no longer standard issue; the Adidas logo was nowhere to be seen.
Military investigations of fatal shootings by soldiers are no longer standard procedure because the army now legally defines the confrontation with the Palestinians as an armed conflict.
What a doctor sees as harm a patient may see as relief; and anyway it is no longer standard for medical students to take the Hippocratic oath.
In a struggle to rehabilitate its image since the scandal erupted, Siemens has draped a dense net of rules over the company to familiarize everyone with the basic precept that money-for-business is no longer standard practice.
The recent decision to rescind the "don't ask, don't tell" policy for military service shows that, apart from various religions, it is no longer standard to condemn homosexual behavior as immoral.
More financial freedom gives rise to more scientific freedom: I can take more risks, support my project with my research allowance, and attend meetings thanks to the travel allowance--a feature no longer standard in many fellowships.
