Word: habitant
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Winning has become such a habit that the university's president, Andrew Torrence, worries the school is becoming known solely as a football factory. "Very few people take the time to become acquainted with our other successes," says Torrence. He speaks from experience. The game against Florida A. & M. had to be played at nearby Vanderbilt because Tennessee State's tiny stands could not contain the 27,000 fans who showed...
Rather than dealing with them as characters, Tanner places academic puzzles as traps for the Silvestres. Working with words and not with persons, he forces himself to discipline the winning sense of humor that Salamandre benefits by. His touches of characterization are more habit than feature. He has not lost sympathy with his characters as much as he has refused...
...vacillated on the amendment to end the Viet Nam War, finally voting against it. Even more embarrassing, he was involved in an automobile accident, and it was reported that he had been drunk. Albert denied the accusation, but that did not stop stories about his drinking habit from spreading at the time. Those who know him best now say he has no drinking problem...
Last year Papagianis may have inadvertently tipped me off to exactly how good Kidder is. Papa had this habit of screwing up his face, as if in pain, shrugging his shoulders and describing the shortcomings of teammates ever so gently; always with generous little excuses and a paternal smile. He understood so well how tough it was for the other guys...
...decision by four well-to-do-men that bizarre death on the weekend is somehow worth more than a less frantic hedonism continued over a protracted period. The decision to die cannot be divorced from the work and family lives of these men. Living is not such an easy habit to break, even for a good meal...