Word: habit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ratzman reported that after class, West abandoned his usual habit of talking with students and instead simply "took...
While incidents like the capture of the Unabomber and the Dunster House murder-suicide may have sullied Harvard's image among the masses, the Great Hall's destruction has tarnished Harvard's image among the educated elite, including its own graduates. However, since all bureaucracies seem to have a habit of shooting themselves in the feet, the actions of Harvard's administration, while unacceptable, are not entirely surprising...
...abrupt end of Dudayev's one-man leadership could result in splits and instability among the Chechen rebel commanders and make a settlement even harder to reach. Still, Yeltsin will no doubt be glad Dudayev is finished. The dapper, mustached former Soviet Air Force general had the infuriating habit of outwitting and outlasting Russian troops, turning up on television and giving interviews to inquiring correspondents...
...name it. They would would sing REM and U2 covers and maybe a few Hootie originals, then crash on a dorm-room floor. "We'd drive 12 hours to do a show," Bryan recalls. "For $150 and two free beers," Sonefeld says, finishing his band mate's sentence, a habit among all four members of Hootie...
...books reflect their authors' public personas. Darden's autobiographical memoir is brooding, complex, ambitious and at times emotionally overwrought. He has a habit, for instance, of referring to Simpson with an unprintable epithet. Shapiro takes a more measured, if Hollywoody, approach. But in both works, details of the lawyers' behind-the-scenes machinations remain strangely compelling. Darden describes a jaunt to the Bahamas, where he unsuccessfully pursued a tip that Simpson was planning to flee there the day of the Bronco chase, and both writers float rumors that juror Francine Florio-Bunten was dismissed under suspicious circumstances. Shapiro also reveals...