Word: accustomedness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Created by Diablo Cody (Juno), Tara is funny, fascinating and frustrating. As in Cody's pregnancy comedy, too many characters speak the same pop-culturese, and each persona is a flat-out cliché. But family members' interaction with the alters is believable: you get a real sense that they're...
In the context of the political gamesmanship to which we have become accustomed, Obama's unremarkable checklist that Americans could use in the future to evaluate his presidency seems almost revolutionary. Perhaps government can start down a new road graced by reason and commonsense solutions. Jon Thingvold, Murrieta, Calif., U.S...
Those who downloaded the book are next generation consumers, who see ducking payment for artistic content—CDs, movies, cable TV—as something no more serious than lifting paper cups from the dining hall. They get their songs and movies free and give them freely. Unlike their...
I think at times elected officials lose sight of the fact that the younger generation uses different means of communications. They don't necessarily pick up the New York Times to get their news. They may go online, and they may use more things like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube - things that...
Be flexible. Some investment bankers are switching into financial planning or selling insurance. "When those looking for high-end jobs are struggling, they become amazingly tolerant," says Douglas Klein, president of Sirota Survey Intelligence, a New York City--based research firm. "They'll take work for which they're underpaid...