Word: accustomedness
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Judging from the foreign students already here, bringing more to Harvard would do little to improve an undergraduate's schooling. Many if not all of the students who enroll from overseas tend to be from their countrys' rich and powerful elite. They are accustomed to Western ways and often do...
During the hectic start-up, the partners put in 16-hour days, which began early in the morning at farmers' markets and collective farms, where they paid premium prices for top-quality meat and produce. Says Fyodorov: "Before, we were accustomed to having somebody tell us everything. Now we have...
Ever since she was named Miss America in 1945, Bess Myerson has been accustomed to the flattering spotlight, not the glare of harsh headlines. But now even her friend New York City Mayor Ed Koch concedes that Myerson has % "fallen from grace." Her slide began earlier this year, when she...
The most frustrated leader of all may be Ronald Reagan, who is hobbled by the Iranscam tangle and the increasing welter of problems arising from the U.S.'s foreign and domestic indebtedness. Not only the President but also the U.S. itself are widely seen as weaker abroad, a perception that...
Not that anyone with eyes or a palate could possibly have thought the old place was really in good shape, or that the pricey food was anything more than dependably dreary. But nostalgia is a heady seasoning, and panic set in among habitues as soon as the word was out...