Word: habitability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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John Menard, chair of the state Democratic party, said Weld's habit of succumbing to public opinion was the most important issue raised in the debate...
While students and faculty here respected him, friends and associates paint a portrait of a deeply troubled person with a peculiar habit for lying and getting into trouble...
...1750s. Though extremely art rich, the Hermitage is sustenance poor, from its crumbling basements to the cracking veneer on its intarsia doors. Its storage and conservation facilities are woefully inadequate: the walls weep with rising damp, and the lighting is poor -- the "babushka brigade" of women guards has the habit of lifting the frilly curtains of the gloomy galleries to expose fragile Rembrandts and Poussins to direct sunlight. Rumors abound that the primitive cataloging and security systems have made it easy for thieves to purloin objects from storage to sell on Russia's flourishing black market...
...Tinseltown. Dustin Hoffman won raves for his performance as a soap opera leading lady in "Tootsie." Marilyn Monroe wasn't the only one in a dress in "Some Like It Hot." Eric Idle of Monty Python fame brought drag to a new level by putting on a habit in "Nuns on the Run." During "Belle Epoque," the 1993 Academy Award winner for best foreign film, we got a chance to see what the hero looked like in a frock (rather fetching, as it turned out, but really not his color). And there are many, many more movies that serve...
Daughters of women who smoked during pregnancy may become biologically predisposed to the nicotine habit, a new study suggests. Sons are not similarly affected, states the study, which was conducted by Columbia University scientists. This is the first time a link has been found between children's tendency to smoke and prenatal exposure...