Word: habitability
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...greatest tensions may surround the children. While the troops were away, babies learned to walk, teenagers got their driver's licenses, and children may have developed habits that are distressing to the returning parent. The Navy, which flies teams of mental-health workers to ships coming back from the gulf, counsels patience and tolerance. "We tell them that if their teenager shows up on the dock with long hair and a ring in one ear, that isn't the time to say, 'Hey, what happened to you,' " notes Falk. Many children will have formed deeper bonds with the parent...
...rebound to pre-strike levels. Its rivals, which raided columnists and the syndicated supplement Parade, have upped their combined circulation by 300,000. By some estimates, News losses were twice that. If past strikes are any indication, a sizable percentage of readers who got out of the daily habit will never resume it with any paper...
...Democratic nominee. The fear of such ridicule -- and the bad odor Democrats attach to their has-runs -- are two reasons why no one is racing to set up phone banks in Davenport, Iowa. Says Democratic Party treasurer Bob Farmer: "The party has got into the habit of eating its nominees for lunch if they lose...
STING: THE SOUL CAGES (A&M). Oh shut up. Maundering, egocentric speculations on spiritual anomie, all in polite tempos. There are occasional signs of life: the hit single All This Time shows Sting can still shake loose when he likes. He should make a habit...
CERTAIN SMOKERS love to whine about infringements of their rights. They love to call themselves an oppressed minority. They love to complain about allegedly totalitarian public restrictions on their obnoxious and filthy habit...