Word: habitable
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Office Door. "The man is incapable of administering the affairs of the U.M.W.," says Patterson. Patrick calls his former ally "a disaster as president." For evidence, they point to his inability to control disorderly meetings of the U.M.W.'s 21-member international board, Miller's habit of spending long weekends in Charleston, W. Va., near his home, and his failure to check the rash of wildcat coal strikes that have plagued the industry during his tenure, including last summer's prolonged walkout that idled more than 90,000 miners...
...addition of a block of foreign DNA to an organism will ordinarily decrease its adaptation to its natural habit and hence its probability of spreading...
Fragments of evidence from his early home times confirm Carter's memories of love and challenge, of parents who were "there" in fact and in caring insistence that there were works to be done. By age twelve, Son Jimmy had learned to list among "healthy mental habits" this first one: "the habit of expecting to accomplish what you attempt." By 52, he and his folks were finding running for President-with all its frustrations-"the most gratifying, exciting thing we've ever done." Like F.D.R. and H.S.T. and J.F.K., Carter discovered, as child and man, that he could...
...John Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, U.S. policy toward Latin America has been based on the assumption of a "special relationship" with the region. For their part, Latin Americans have often resented the paternalistic hegemony of "the Colossus of the North." Almost as irritating has been the U.S. habit of ignoring the Southern Hemisphere except in times of crisis. Last week the independent but influential Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations issued a trenchant appeal for change in U.S. policy, "not because of hidden dangers, but because of latent opportunities...
...surprised that you chose not to discuss the huge number of compulsive gamblers like my father, who for some reason are unwilling or unable to seek help for themselves. Compulsive gambling is cruel and self-destructive, unless the addict makes a serious attempt to kick his habit...