For a nation of fewer than 9 million people who are familiar with military threats from declared enemies but, despite social and political polarization, remain accustomed to relatively violence-free daily lives, the spike has come as a shock.
But Americans remain less accustomed to such chopped-up gratification, particularly in a sport that now qualifies as a sideshow in their footballcentric sports culture.
Instead of formulating a unified understanding of how STEM-integrated curriculum could work in anyone's elementary classroom, the team remained within their accustomed "comfort zones" and continued searching for lesson ideas and thinking of ways previously implemented lesson plans might be spun into their "new" unit.
Only Chris Snee, the right guard, and Will Beatty, the left tackle, remain in their accustomed places.
The apartment can be linked to a nursing station and morning telephone calls can be arranged, making it possible for the elderly to remain in their accustomed surroundings.
We have become accustomed to remaining immobile before so much poverty.
That first experience became one of many, and while I've become more accustomed, I remain puzzled by discrimination coming from someone who belongs to a group so frequently discriminated against.
Players come and go, but Chaney's style and his lectures remain the same, variations on accustomed themes: do not turn the basketball over, see the whole floor, the shot is made with the pass, slow down, speed kills.
Everyone is more accustomed to nudity today, but we remain fascinated by what underwear reveals about society, gender roles, and the animal drives beneath our frocks and pantaloons.
