Back in 1947, a Senate joint resolution said it was "undesirable to create within the United States a group of nationals not subject to the normal responsibilities of citizenship".
The desire for independence, the desire to continue doing the usual tasks and to fulfill my normal responsibilities, is very strong and, I think, quite healthy.
"That seems to me to be an extraordinary amount of wheeling and dealing outside the normal responsibilities of the assistant attorney general for civil rights," Mr. Alexander said.
St Louis police chief Sam Dotson used the term to describe the way that the local "criminal element" was, in his opinion, "feeling empowered by the environment" in which law enforcement was diverted from its normal responsibilities to quelling the unrest.
Though the auditor's job is unique, getting others to do uninteresting tasks (specifically those that are infrequent and involve work done outside normal responsibilities) is a common challenge.
"She's had those kinds of things on her plate, in addition to normal responsibilities.
For example, Blumenstock said, public health officials who are paid through federal grants might be permitted to work on the opioid issue, even if it's outside their normal responsibilities.
The firms were paid about $800,000 last year by the rave company Insomniac Inc., to help it stage rave concerts, said people familiar with the outlays -- productions that fell under DeStefano's normal responsibilities in his government job.
Focus on one task at a time in the terrain that you need to go over (buy presents, wrap presents, prepare or attend parties, get your project complete, consolidate your finances before the end of the year, etc. -- all on top of your normal responsibilities).
