Word: accustomedness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last week, while on vacation in the Berkshires, I came across a strange sight at the supermarket. On sale near the checkout aisles, New England Patriots and New York Giants jerseys, cupcakes, banners and balloons lay side-by-side. I realized that I was in one of a few strange...
If you’re rallying behind a candidate who’s lagging in the polls, a primary race this long and costly can be extremely discouraging. Idealistic college students are especially likely to resent the attention paid to spendthrift “establishment” candidates if they?...
Most Lebanese have become grimly accustomed to the sporadic bomb blasts blighting Lebanon since October 2004. But the rate of attacks has sharply increased in the past month, matching rising tensions in Lebanon as a prolonged political crisis between pro- and anti-Syrian factions shows every sign of worsening. The...
Just as with the Iowa caucuses, organization is key in Nevada; the idea isn't just to finish first in the big population centers, as it is in primaries, but to win the rural areas as well since delegates are pre-apportioned across the state. But while all three top...
Obama has promised a new kind of politics that eschews conventional racial posturing. Delivering on that promise is crucial to his success. Doing so will require the courage to risk disappointing those who have become accustomed to formulaic gestures of racial loyalty. That is a daunting challenge but one Obama...