1.   Because of their past dependence on state financing, Polish cities are accustomed to planning only year-to-year, not long term.

2.   The city was accustomed to worse news.

3.   But Freetown, a city long accustomed to war, is also a city that refuses to be broken.

4.   Some of the scores of Western hostages were held in Baalbek, a city once accustomed to marches in which gunmen trampled the U.S. flag.

5.   Some of the scores of Western hostages, including Americans, were held in Baalbek, a city once accustomed to marches in which gunmen trampled the U.S. flag.