Word: accustomedness
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As the commotion mounted, the Marcoses left Hickam Air Force Base after a month-long stay and moved into a $1.5 million beachfront estate in the exclusive eastern Honolulu suburb of Niu. The new home offers little of the imperial style to which the dethroned couple is accustomed: more than...
"Mike brought an intelligent and conscientious approach to his job," said Taylor to a crowded city room last week. "His style, however, was markedly different from what the Globe's editorial staff had been accustomed to for many years. It just didn't work."
The outcome and the close vote (222 to 210) reflected the public's own confusion and wariness over the Administration's policy in Central America. For Reagan, accustomed to winning the big ones that he cares about and works for, it was a significant political setback. Nonetheless, the debate over...
People in the airline business are well accustomed to turbulence, but last week they fastened their seat belts and reached for the air-sickness pills. In the wake of the proposed Texas Air-Eastern and TWA-Ozark mergers, everyone from chief executives to flight attendants was wondering nervously just how...
Sometimes, the excitement reaches a climax when the divers, long accustomed to risking vital limbs, climb to the top of the diving tower, jump off, plummet almost three stories, and penetrate the water below at a screaming 30 miles per hour. Completely naked.