Word: accustomedness
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But there is one aspect of the World Cup that has been on my mind as the year draws to an end. Notwithstanding that meadow in Aspen?or the record TV audiences in the U.S. for the tournament, or the fact that nobody takes the U.S. team lightly these days...
Murder is a firmly established tradition in Russian battles over money and power. So, the suspicion in Moscow is that the recent murders of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and former KGB operative Alexander Litvinenko - as well as the alleged attempt on former prime minister and economic-reform mastermind Yegor Gaidar - result...
She's also learning that the adulation she is accustomed to receiving as an entertainer can now sometimes be mixed with a few boos. In June she suffered a political embarrassment when a local newspaper revealed that several properties she owns around Detroit had code violations. Reeves says she has...
Part of the problem we have with evaluating risk, scientists say, is that we're moving through the modern world with what is, in many respects, a prehistoric brain. We may think we've grown accustomed to living in a predator-free environment in which most of the dangers of...
Hong Kong residents are accustomed to seeing their city's famous skyline shrouded by smog. Now the haze could be casting a pall on the city's business climate as well. Last week, investment bank Merrill Lynch downgraded three of the city's biggest property companies, warning in a separate...