Word: habitable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When government funds were sharply cut back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, requiring the GSAS to cut student enrollment, many faculty were simply "out of the habit" of conducting sections and tutorials, as Kiely points...
...presidential domain" at N'sele, 40 miles away, which contains two more residences and a swimming pool billed as Africa's largest. To shuttle between his international chain of palaces, Mobutu uses the national airline, Air Zaire, as a personal transport service. His high-handed habit of commandeering planes at a whim has made Air Zaire's timetables something of a joke. When Mobutu visited West Germany last spring, he took the line's 747 for himself and a DC-10 for his wife, leaving Air Zaire suddenly without its two largest planes...
...Fillies tend to be fractious, and Allez France, 4, has a habit or two that unnerves her owner, Art Dealer Daniel Wildenstein. One of them is the heart-stopping way she runs a race, loafing along until the head of the stretch, then roaring past the field in a powerful thrust. Last week American-bred Allez France beat the best thoroughbreds Europe had to offer in the 1%-mile Prix de 1'Arc de Triomphe, winning $296,500 and becoming the only other filly besides Dahlia ever to earn $1 million. Back at the stable, keeping the champ happy...
...film has an irrepressible optimism, caught no doubt from its subject. Brico is not one to suck on the bitter fruit of "might have beens." At age 72, clearly not all things are still possible for Antonia Brico--but many are. As Brico says simply, "I have a habit of living in the present." And not the least of this film's achievements lies in its making real some of those possibilities. As a result of the exposure the film has given her, Brico has received one firm, and several tentative, offers of conducting engagements. For Antonia Brico...
Still, Adams' creatures are not entirely without foundation. The rabbit possesses uniquely repellent characteristics, among them the habit of consuming its own fecal pellets. But it also behaves in a manner that casts doubt upon the singularity of Homo sapiens. Young mated rabbits, for example, begin in a modest burrow but as their social standing in the community rises, they seek better quarters. Bucks are serially monogamous - with sporadic liaisons, possible when an attractive surplus doe hops into view. The couple's offspring are welcome to stay in the burrow after adolescence - provided that they remain docile...