Word: habitating
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...reinstated goodies to oil and gas, mining, real estate and countless other interests, tax rates went up. Just as other countries were imitating our reform because they knew that capital and talent would otherwise migrate to nations with lower tax rates, we got back into the habit of listening to the narrow interests and passing the bill along to the average taxpayer...
...Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who knows his way around both tight spaces (Das Boot) and the more suspenseful aspects of presidential life (In the Line of Fire)--had retained its claustrophobic intimacy to the end. This, however, would have required its makers to forswear a new Hollywood habit of mind, which dictates that no big-time action film can conclude without an orgy of special effects. As Air Force One climaxes, a lot of people fly through thin air on thin wires. Too bad. The stalking struggle between reason and unreason that precedes it is much more gripping...
Blues Traveler tours constantly, and when it performs, it can breathe bright life into its songs. Of course, it also has the bad habit of jamming and soloing the stuffing out of them. Straight On Till Morning includes an unfortunate number called Psycho Joe (Goes to the Electric Chair). "He worshiped Satan/ And liked Iron Maiden," run the lyrics. The prospect of listening to an extended version of that, live at Madison Square Garden, is deeply dispiriting...
...profited more than the government from the sale of tobacco. It's time it kicked the habit and improved its moral position." DOUG JOHNSON Lebanon...
...realize the health risks involved in smoking and would never dream of asking for compensation for something that is a personal choice. I am a Generation Xer who tried smoking at 15. And even at that age I was intelligent enough to realize that it is not a safe habit. A Marlboro Man or a cartoon camel had little to do with my smoking. Young people will always experiment--it is the nature of being young. Do people actually believe a cigarette will make them look like the Marlboro Man? I think not. JULIE BYRD Akron, Ohio...