Word: habitant
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...allowing the Chinese to take possession of Lhasa [the capital of Tibet], the Prime Minister has practically helped them bring their border down to the Indian border . . . Aggression might well be committed by people who are always in the habit of committing aggression...
When the chips were down, four nations sided with the German Chancellor against the French Premier. Here was dramatic evidence of a reluctant shift that has already begun-a shift in the values assigned by habit, prejudice and affection to the various members of the coalition...
...from a flashy, holler-and-hell-raising club, the Indians have been concentrating on the happy habit of hitting the long ball at the right time. "We get 'em when we need 'em," says General Manager Hank Greenberg. "We're a worrisome ball club to the opposition." Not only have the Indians been worrying their closest competitors ; they have been regularly knocking over the league's Humpty Dumpties. As the week began, after a three-game series with the unsinging Orioles of Balti more, they were 5½ games in front...
...about the happiest thing that has happened in St. Louis all season is that Moon has made the grade. He is filling in for Slaughter so well that the fans have almost forgiven the Cardinal management for selling old Enos to the Yankees. Unless he suddenly picks up the habit of catching fly balls on his head, Wallace Wade Moon is a sure bet to be selected National League Rookie of the Year...
...Centro, Calif., charged with assault with a deadly weapon for hitting Joe Gilbert over the head with a beer mug "because he was mumbling in his beer," Virgil Slimp, 26, had the charge reduced to simple assault when he was able to prove that Gilbert made a habit of mumbling in his beer...