Word: habitability
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...There has long been a view within French diplomatic circles that Bashar al-Assad really wants to end Syria's habit of trouble-making and re-enter the community of nations, but until recently had been undermined by the older elements of the regime left over from his father's days," says one French official involved France's evolving relationship with Damascus. "He's not perfect, and there are still real problems with human rights and the treatment of political prisoners in Syria. Still, there are enough signs of change and a willingness to work together that...
...Despite these troubling signs that Syria might be less inclined to drop its traditional friends, French officials say Assad's positioning may have been a feint designed to draw more attention from Western nations. "There are indications that flash of bad-old-day habit was in fact a reminder that Syria doesn't have a lot of partnerships available if the wider international community continues shutting it out," the French official said...
...Still, in the second quarter, Argentina rallied with some spot-up shooting; it helped them that Bryant jacked a couple of brick threes early in the U.S. possession, a somewhat annoying habit that could bite the Yanks in the final (Bryant had another bad three-point shooting night, as he missed seven of his nine attempts, though that's clearly nit-picking when a team is blasting its opponents by an average of 30.3 points in the Olympic tournament...
What do you think he's going to say? He won't like it, for sure. But Cheech has a habit of not dealing with unpleasantness. He probably won't read...
...that honor and humiliation often weigh as heavily in the minds of statesmen and citizens as do economic and security interests. Americans, who have not experienced a precipitous drop-off in power, have difficulty relating to the running tallies of slights maintained in other places. They must avoid the habit of projecting onto others their own ideas of what is rational. This is one more reason to expand the language, anthropological and historical training of diplomats and others...