Word: accustomedness
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Senate Democrats have long been accustomed to the gentlemanly brawling between their factions of Southern conservatives and urban liberals. It is less often that Senate Republicans, so long a minority, have displayed their divisions. Yet the Senate G.O.P. now includes a band of moderates and liberals increasingly disposed to cross...
I sat curled up in a fake leather chair for some time. Gradually I became accustomed to what little activity there was on the ward. The dominant sound was the TV. Below the TV there could be heard occasional snoring and shifting and shufling. And once in a while a...
Richelieu foiled most of his enemies, including his great rival, the Spanish Minister, Olivares. After Richelieu had outmaneuvered him, Olivares blandly offered his angry king, Philip IV, a choice 17th century sophistry: "God wants us to make peace, for He is depriving us visibly and absolutely of all means of...
Even though they disclaim any thoughts of setting up a new class of conglomerates, insurers have so much cash to invest that their new tactics can have an enormous effect on the economy. Last year, life insurance companies alone had over $17 billion of new money to invest, or almost...
Sinkiang is accustomed to trouble. A sparsely populated land of towering, snow-capped peaks and arid deserts, it is the fought-over gateway between Central Asia and the east. Marco Polo passed through Sinkiang on his way to China. So did other traders who carried Asia's luxuries to...