Word: accustomedness
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Civilization survey classes are a large part of the curriculum at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, but some negative reaction would be expected from Harvard students who have grown accustomed to the flexibility and cultural relativism of the Core.
But Ramos still had to navigate through a high school guidance system that was not accustomed to having one of its students apply to a top-notch school.
But OIT failed to learn the true lesson of Winthrop's oft-quoted phrase. In trying to be a beacon for information technology (IT), it drew the constant ire of Harvard's nine deans who were accustomed to the "every tub on its own bottom" theory of management.
Cole noted that most other Harvard libraries have four week lending periods and that students are growing accustomed to using the Internet for daily tasks.
Working on the Internet, however, has presented special difficulties that Kinsley says he expects will be solved when new generations of readers grow more accustomed to modern technology.