Word: accustomedness
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Government leaders in democracies are accustomed to having their appointments challenged in the legislative branch, but the experience was a shock for Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov. The country's new 542-member Supreme Soviet rejected six of Ryzhkov's 69 nominees to ministerial-level jobs. The - casualties included Culture...
THE nature of the faculty aside, however, the real education at Harvard Summer School comes from getting accustomed to new people and a new town. They don't call it Camp Harvard for nothing. The workload is very light (there's no way in hell it constitutes a full semester...
The Board's jurisdiction over investment policy is unclear, and many Board members may have difficulty becoming accustomed to an adversarial relationship with the Corporation. Immediate divestment seems doubtful, although it would not be surprising if the administration gradually removed its attachments to apartheid over the next few years.
But the part the pupils like best is the confessional, when each participant recounts the details of his moving violation, whereupon his 40-odd classmates judge whether it was a mortal or just a venial infraction. "Thanks, David, for sharing that with us. I'm sure few of us were...
Many parts of the world are currently experiencing heady, heartening times. As commentator Charles Krauthammer has written, we are currently experiencing "the greatest global democratic awakening in history." Of course, it would be naive and even callous to proclaim that democracy, freedom, and peace are on the march everywhere. Just...