Word: habitable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rigorously logical mind, he speaks little, uses few adjectives, and is famous among associates for his often disconcerting habit of developing thoughts in half a dozen brief sentences and then refusing to say a word more...
Like many composers, Brahms was in the habit of making transcriptions, mainly to double his royalties, although he often concealed his authorship in a pseudonym. This transcription is unsigned, but it carries the unmistakable stamp of the master. No one but Brahms would have dared change the key, Starker points out - an inspired musical per mutation that illuminates the cello's lower register and exploits the instrument's mellow color and timbre. The composer also made some 200 alterations, mostly minor, in the score which he probably recast for his friend, the eminent 19th century cellist Robert Hausmann...
...Publick Theater, out of the sheer force of habit, continues its ancient practice of producing The Tempest and Wilde's Salome on alternating nights on Soldiers Field Road in Allston. Audiences have been grumbling about the quality of the performances, but professionalism has never been the Publick's strong point. It is a nice community theater in convivial surroundings. Tickets are relatively cheap and people get high during the performances. What could be nicer...
Israel has never been in the habit of turning the other cheek to fedayeen raids. Far more customary has been instant retaliation, delivered via ground and air and often focused on the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon that have been fertile breeding grounds for fedayeen. But following the June 24 attack on the Israeli seacoast town of Nahariya that cost four Israeli and three Arab commando lives, there was no response-possibly in deference to President Nixon's Moscow trip, possibly because Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres was in Washington, D.C., shopping for new weapons...
...have the habit of falling into ruts, of overcovering the same familiar figures and failing to seek newer talent. The process, says John Gardner, head of the public lobby Common Cause, represents "bad horticulture," for it destroys the seedbeds of fresh leadership...