Word: habitable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wanted to observe the judges and politicians who frequented her brothel. One fateful day, Phillips, who usually avoided dealing with prostitutes because he felt they were untrustworthy, showed up to demand money. Ratnoff made a quick check, since all sorts of people claiming to be cops were in the habit of trying to shake down Xaviera. He found that, sure enough, Phillips was a bona fide policeman. "Let's wire up on him," a commission member told Ratnoff. They had their...
...been given an $83 dinner for four on the house at the New York Hilton last March. After a few days' investigation, Seedman was reinstated-because he had not been in a position to do the hotel any favors and because he had not made a habit of freeloading...
...Tell Me." Indeed, the Administration has fallen into the habit of talking as though the war in Viet Nam were already over. Nixon is fond of repeating, almost casually, the claim that "we are ending the longest war in the history of the U.S." Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird not long ago startled top aides at the outset of his weekly military briefing by ordering: "Don't tell me about Viet Nam now. I don't want to hear about it until the end." Viet Nam always used to be first on his agenda. Now U.S. officials seem...
...affection, turning the other cheek and working diligently?is, on the other hand, applauded, or "reinforced," by the group. Members are singled out for compliments if they do a job well; signs are put up telling who cleaned a room, for example. Smokers who wanted to break the cigarette habit formed a group to help one another. Cigarettes were put in progressively more inconvenient spots, and each member of the group received congratulations for every day he spent without tobacco...
...eyes on an 8-ft.-wide illuminated Ultronic Systems quote board in back of the bar. Says Harry Hagerty, one of three young partners in Bronwen: "I've always felt that the man interested in watching stock prices ought to have a place more convivial for his habit...