Word: accustomedness
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What he brought was a spirit of rebellion--against first the French and later the Americans. As Ho's war escalated in the mid-1960s, it became clear to Lyndon Johnson that Vietnam would imperil his presidency. In 1965, Johnson tried a diplomatic approach. Accustomed to dispensing patronage to recalcitrant...
Of course, not all interfaith interactions need to be in religious settings: "The biggest religion-involved issue on campus is the presence of religious activities in the Houses," says Michael M. Rosen '99, chair of Hillel and a Crimson editor. Rosen says the subject of religion in the houses is...
With Israel bracing for the inevitable Hamas response, the first casualty, as ever, is the almost moribund peace process. As predictable as the coming cycle of attacks and counter-attacks -- and the consequent breakdown of peace efforts -- may be, no side appears able to rise above the cycle and bring...
In cases of alleged sexual harassment--so painful, so private, so often unknowable--Americans have grown accustomed to weighing the word of one defendant against that of one plaintiff, the steadfast denial against the angry accusation: he said, she said. But last week, in the matter of Jones v. Clinton...
NationsBank and its big competitors emphasize new services, offering everything from mortgages to mutual funds via round-the-clock banking. "When we acquire a company in a new neighborhood, then obviously some of the things that customers have been accustomed to will change," says Lynn Drury, a NationsBank spokeswoman. "Some...