Word: accustomedness
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Maybe we can. Americans are generally unfriendly to security measures that intrude too much on their privacy. But that was before last week, before they saw the crematoriums in New York City and Washington and started to wonder if the next dive-bombing airliner could be aimed at them. If...
I shall leave the question how our nation might respond to these awful events to others. But I say all that because I think that, before we leap to respond, it would help if we could put some perspective on whats happened. Its not unbelievable, or unprecedented, or incomprehensible. Its...
Part of the cultural resistance to hip-hop has to do with the music's do-it-yourself style. Musicianship in Cuba is traditionally measured purely by formal skill. Even the players working the lounges of Havana hotels are stunningly accomplished. Older Cubans, accustomed to salsa, have difficulty accepting rap...
Well, yes, in a way. It was CNN World—not the American CNN station that we in this country are accustomed to watching. In just a few moments of watching CNN World, I began to remember what the network used to be, and to better understand what it...
For karate-tournament purists, accustomed to the elaborate formality of participants and a code that discourages cheering, K-1 is an abomination. Says Ishii: "I'm proud of that."