Word: accustomedness
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Noonan’s first sensation, he later remembers, is the painful pressure of the wind against his cheeks as he descends. “The wind came on really strong,” he says. Yet as he grows accustomed to the feeling—and the near-freezing...
Accustomed to unity in the pursuit of their goals, the members of Windward Mark grow tense when asked who is the best video game player. Most members demur, insisting that it “depends on the game,” and their favorites range from Privateer Wing Commando to...
“The big difference here at Harvard is that everything is so decentralized,” Becella says. “Coming from two centralized universities, you are accustomed to working in a central post.”
No new plan, of course, has taken SARS into account. It might be too late. Long accustomed to avoiding expensive medical care, peasants simply don't believe the government when it promises to treat them for free. With little cash or access to affordable conventional medicines, some have resorted to...
For members of Asia's globe-trotting class, long accustomed to on-demand, hassle-free transportation, getting from point A to point B is something that can no longer be taken for granted. Travel in a time of atypical pneumonia has become a nightmare of minimal flight schedules, unsettling health...