Word: habit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Terriers have a peculiar habit of capturing the Beanpot trophy--they've won the last...
Finally Sweeney decided to become the children's forceful advocate. "Push, push, push," she says. "Nothing ever works according to the system. Someone in the family has to do it." Two years ago, when Cassandra's drug habit became uncontrollable, Sweeney says the social services informed her it had no home available in which to place her grandchildren. So the next day Sweeney went to collect the boys. Her daughter, high on drugs, slumped on the couch, while men walked in to buy drugs from someone upstairs. Cassandra was using cocaine, PCP and Ritalin. A social-services caseworker told Sweeney...
...competed in 12 marathons; best time: 2:30:16), Oliver is the keeper of THE SCHEDULE -- a color-coded flow chart that tells our editors, writers, art directors and designers when their individual tasks should be complete each week. But the world of journalism has a funny habit of not cooperating with | anybody's flow charts. As a result, for the past 15 months -- through Desert Storm and the Soviet coup -- it's been Oliver's responsibility to ensure that no matter what, the magazine gets to the printers on time...
Flash's problem seemed to be self-inflicted -- a bleeding stomach wound caused by his habit of chewing up and swallowing every splintery stick he could get his teeth on. But first the vet had to rule out rat poison and cancer with a blood test ($45) and a liver scan ($140). Then there was the emergency work-up ($45), followed by a catheter ($30), urinalysis ($22), a steroid injection and lab work to check organ function ($71); anesthesia ($345); an IV attached to a leg ($110); a biopsy ($45); upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for fiber-optic images...
...coping with the urges that will persist even with the patch in place. Unfortunately, physicians have a poor record in this regard. Less than half of 2,700 smokers surveyed for a study in last week's Journal said their doctors had ever advised them to kick the habit or even to cut down...