People got used to the idea that the stock market was the place to go.
It used to be that the first heatwaves of summer produced disproportionate mortality, and then, as people got used to the heat, a similar warm spell killed fewer.
Indeed, some liberal economists point out that once people got used to the Fred anticipating and accommodating hurricane-related demand spikes, those spikes (and the resulting price increases) will actually grow less pronounced.
Just as people got used to booking their own flights, rather than using a travel agent, he thinks more and more consumers will use the Internet to buy and sell homes, rather than a real estate broker -- especially if it saves them commission money.
And once people have got used to smaller families, the number of children they say they want shrinks too.
People got very used to borrowing because of various policies.
"The behavior of the horses changed because they got used to people, " said Swiegers.
"I thought we'd got over that from the 1970s when people used to use the term 'spastic' in the playground, " says Benet Middleton from the society.
The organisation points to decimalisation in 1971, when the UK's currency was swiftly changed and "people grumbled for a few days and then they got used to it".
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At least for now, they seem to prefer viewing him as someone who is good at his job despite some personal flaws--more or less what people used to think about Fatty Arbuckle before matters got out of hand.
The unidentified driver then got out of his car and used a blunt object to attack people, San Jose police Officer Albert Morales said.
It refers to the all-too-common dynamic of the people who got there first trying to keep the next wave of others (who used to be just like them) far, far away.
In the last two days, people had kind of gotten used to aftershocks, but "there was no question this one got everyone's attention, " he said.
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Alison Hager, a Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) finance official who volunteered in Rwanda for six months, got her company to donate 100 used laptops for Mayange and other nearby clinics, for use in tracking drug inventories.
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