Word: accustomedness
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Only a handful of us at Harvard are internationally competitive athletes. Yet our school's greatest claim to fame is that we are all, in some way or another, very, very good at being young and exceptional. Having distinguished ourselves somehow by age 18, we have all become accustomed to...
Whenever I introduce myself as a native Southern Californian, eyebrows rise, nostrils flare and coy smiles show. But I have become accustomed to this reaction, especially as it becomes clearer and clearer that most people simply consider the West Coast a haven for "snow bunnies" and for types of foliage...
And the turf surface of Class of 1952 Stadium, which quickened the overall pace of the game, could not hurt. Although the Crimson have played on turf this season, it is more accustomed to the grass surface of Cumnock Field.
The concert, at Symphony Hall, opened with Beethoven's Egmont Overture. It was obvious from the get-go that this was not the Beethoven of Bernstein's New York Philharmonic or Solti's Chicago Symphony. The first powerful f minor chord, an expression of force that often drowns the listener...
Schor also says Americans have become so accustomed to the extra cash they earn by working extra hours, that they don't worry about the lack of downtime.