Word: accustomedness
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Certainly, Dobrow handled the piece expertly and her tone improved as it went on--or, perhaps, the ear became accustomed to what the bassoon should sound like. But she was hampered by a fairly uninteresting piece and her technique was probably better appreciated by those more familiar with the instrument...
The populists also had a recurrent nativist streak. Beyond simple prejudice or anti-Semitism, immigration was a threat because newcomers entered the work force and competed with the "good ol' boys." Eastern Europeans and the Chinese were especially unpopular among the populists; they referred to these immigrants as "black sheep...
We have become accustomed to the kind of campaign coverage the media dishes out each election cycle, the story that unfolds slowly from February up on through to November. There's the uncertain and quickly-evolving primary season, the feast of analysis during the summer conventions, the drama of election...
The imperative of inter-religious understanding demands that we, as students, look deeper than we are accustomed, that we not "flock" only to our own groups but join others in search of meaningful actions. --Naomi S. Stern '97 Chair Harvard-Radcliffe Interfaith Forum
Not everything comes easily to Trillin, 60, who lives in a Greenwich Village brownstone with his wife Alice. His new column, he worries, is slightly shorter than the one he is accustomed to writing. As a result, he modestly warns, "the readers are going to have to get their profound...