Word: accustomedness
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As Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Paul A. Volcker has grown accustomed to the instant impact his public statements have on the world's economic markets. But when Volcker takes center-stage for today's Commencement ceremony, he will be only an average-sized star in an effulgent galaxy...
Looking ahead to future productions, Golan announced the signing, on a Carlton Hotel napkin, of aging Enfant Terrible Jean-Luc Godard to direct a modern version of King Lear in Hollywood, perhaps with Marlon Brando as Lear and Woody Allen as the fool. (No, Golan admitted, the two stars had...
Reagan did not shy from the task. Indeed, he seemed to relish delivering the message. His greatest test, however, lies ahead. If his tax reform bill is any kind of true reform, it will be a chorus of nos for dozens, perhaps hundreds of entrenched special interests, few of whom...
Frazzled travelers accustomed to racing through airports, missing connections and losing luggage had something else to worry about last week. United Airlines, which normally carries some 120,000 passengers on 1,500 flights daily, suspended virtually all its service after 5,000 pilots went on strike. Industry observers are keeping...
"I don't think we're being treated poorly. In fact," he adds, "if anything I think we get a lot of special attention. Every attempt was made to make us accustomed to the system."