The niche audience accustomed to world cinema accepts subtitles, slightly longer films and unfamiliar actors.
At the same time, by steadily raising the ante in the operations against Mr. Arafat, Mr. Sharon has accustomed the world to ever more intense reprisals.
Are these the important ones or the unimportant ones that I can keep?" In truth, the lawyers, so adroit in their accustomed adversary world of blame, of suit and countersuit, did seem confused by the no-fault provision.
It was a breathtaking solution, even in a world accustomed to generous public support of movie projects, and a substantial incentive package was included: the government agreed to contribute $99 million in production costs and add $10 million to the studio's marketing budget.
As a man of the world accustomed to being told the most intimate details about complete strangers' marriages, careers and hobbies, I had long ago acquired the requisite skills to mediate this crisis.
Even in a chess world accustomed to odd characters like Bobby Fischer, the Brooklynite who became world champion and then an unstable recluse, Gata Kamsky has always been an object of curiosity.
Daniel Oskal's reindeer are now the only ones in the world accustomed to machine-gun fire.
The decision jolted a dance world accustomed to Graham's towering presence even after death and to the legacy of works that helped shape American modern dance.
After 20 years, the Roots have slowly got the world accustomed to the idea of hip-hop being soundtracked by real instruments.
For all those alpha men and women of the business world, accustomed as they are to order and control, this is not a happy situation.
