Word: accustomedness
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Across the nation, there was a great fumbling and clicking of chopsticks-an item that restaurants often ran out of, as Americans accustomed to forks and chop suey suddenly demanded authenticity. Instead of the familiar Cantonese cuisine, spicier Mandarin dishes enjoyed a vogue. Some adventurous diners even demanded preserved eggs...
It's relief, then, to enter one of the sound stages, to slide open a heavy iron door and step into cool darkness. The gloom is thick, palpable, and you are aware of vast spaces above you. Gradually, as you become accustomed to the artificial dusk, it takes form. Cables...
The actress had perhaps grown accustomed to having Clarke within note-taking distance. Though TIME correspondents in Hollywood, New York, Paris and London were digging into Minnelli's past and present, Clarke felt that he had to get to know his subject personally. Writers, of course, usually have that...
Crash spending, however, can do little to mitigate the psychological strains created by this latest ally ah (immigration wave). "These Russians," says Minister of Immigrant Absorption Nathan Peled, who came to Israel from Russia 39 years ago, "come with high potential. But before they realize it, they must come to...
THE U.S. is universally recognized as the capital of capitalism, the land of free markets and the home of resourceful entrepreneurs. More than any other country, it has been known for leaving an entrepreneur free to decide prices for his products and set wages for his workers, free to grow...