Word: habit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into the habit of having these riots and thing all over the streets," she adds. "I think the Larry case was an example of how the whole revolutionary thing had sort of seeped down...
...with baggage and ask what time the flight was leaving. Then there is the big, clunky hearing aid that he takes out and fusses with right in the middle of a conversation, as if it were a pipe, and the canvas tote he uses as a briefcase, and his habit of loudly cracking his knuckles. On top of that there are the Old Testament beard and the preacher's voice that make him seem like Moses come down again from Mount Sinai to deliver commandments 11 through 20. Smoking? It's an addiction that will kill you. Sex? Only...
...current series of Doonesbury strips, Michael's employer wants him to design advertisements to lure first-time, or "entry-level" smokers into a lethal habit. The contract promises big money, but his liberal soul protests. Should he serve God or Mammon--social responsibility or individual opportunity...
...time, a good man turned into a bad man," said Keker in a low, unemotional voice. "Once lying becomes a habit, it's hard to stop. He put his hand on the Bible and swore to tell the truth...
...There is, however, an unfortunate habit of providing it the afternoon of the vote," Geer said. "We're hoping to avoid that situation...