Word: accustomedness
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Since the Most Rev. Raymond ("Dutch") Hunthausen became Archbishop of Seattle in 1975, his flock of 287,000 has become accustomed to such unusual rituals. The Vatican has been inundated with complaints from conservative parishioners, including one from the parents of the man whose coffin was decorated with balloons. Three...
To Turks accustomed to their country's tradition of rough-and-tumble politics, the election campaign was a strangely sedate affair. Candidates were not allowed to hurl accusations at each other or criticize the regime. Political wall posters and graffiti were banned, and party members could display their loyalties...
THE WEARINESS of the Israeli public at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon two summers ago soon turned into outright opposition among some factions. Even the excuses which then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and his ultra-religious coalition offered for the invasion at the time--the need to...
Fortunately, with the release of this summer's critical success Risky Business, featuring newly-discovered Tom Cruise, the so-called teenage film industry has shown signs of possible salvation. Though undeniably, Cruise's dancing around in his underwear lured many ogling 15-year-old girls to the cinema, producers seemed...
Goode's lack of pizazz may seem old hat to citizens accustomed to the business-like but uninspiring administration of retiring Mayor William J. Green and much preferable to the blustering machismo of ex-Mayor Frank Rizzo. Indeed, Goode squashed Rizzo's attempt at a flamboyant comeback in...