Word: accustomedness
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A woman on a train is brought to realize the emptiness of her married life through confrontation with two old spinsters-once childhood friends. Each of the three is bringing home dead or dying relatives. Cornelia is excluded from her accustomed level of Memphis society because her husband is Jewish...
In settling down in their lavish surroundings, both students and faculty inevitably indulged in less serious gripes. Even the perfection of the soundproofing upsets musicians grown accustomed to the cozy cacophony of the old building. Violinist Robert Mann of the Juilliard String Quartet, for instance, finds the quiet somewhat disquieting...
Price Yes, Quality No. Southeast Asia presents a target of opportunity to the Russians, a chance to increase their influence as the British and U.S. military presence recedes. The Soviet drive also stems from Leonid Brezhnev's call last June for a new Asian security arrangement aimed against the...
Rescue Ahead. Maybe. On the other hand, disks have been around since 1887, and music lovers are fondly accustomed to the pleasurable shape and fed of platter recordings. Besides, record companies have a heavy investment in disk recordings. But to go on gratifying the old record-buying public, manufacturers will...
On the other hand, the question of how the research will be used is one that needs to be pursued honestly and with a grounding in reality. The argument is made that since the Cambridge Project is funding "basic" research, there is no sure way of determining how whatever applications...