Word: habitant
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...Trying to kick the habit? People using nicotine patches who are able to refrain completely from smoking during the first week of trying have the best chance of quitting permanently, according to a British study...
...nothing because it gives me pleasure...Most of the ailments of people come from eating too much...Salt is one of the best things for the teeth. And also for the hair...I do not believe in charity...There is something sacred about wages...Reading can become a dope habit...To say it plainly, the great majority of women who work do so in order to buy fancy clothes...A man learns something even by being hanged.'" --March...
...Forgetting you is not that hard to do,/I've done it a thousand times a day." Loveless performs the number at dirge tempo--if it were any slower it would be going backward--dramatizing all the dread resolve and the lingering uncertainty in saying no to a bad habit. Denial is easy; refusal is hard. And the song is great...
...Harvard's student government. We have one concern, however, and that is simply that Dean Lewis has proven to be extremely unresponsive to students' needs and input in the past, most notably involving such issues as randomization and the restructuring of public service. He also has the unpleasant habit of ignoring the recommendations of student-faculty committees, advisory bodies whose student members are often appointed by the council. We sincerely hope that his acceptance of this new legislative system means he has decided to seriously consider the undergraduates' point of view when making decisions that will affect our lives...
...essay in The College and the Student, "The student goes to a lecture and hears from his professor that the course in question is exciting. Much independent thought will be demanded. He is urged to think about the subject, reflect on what he reads, and develop a habit of skepticism. The first quiz, in the student's eyes, calls for the playback of a large number of discrete facts. The message some students hear is that reflection or original thought is for the birds, and memorization will get the 'A.'" Possible student responses to such dissonance "include alienation, cynicism about...