Word: habited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lover of fantastically eroded rocks (his favorite, placed in his garden, he addressed as "my elder brother"). His calligraphy (see cut) is one of the most famous in Chinese art history, marked by bold, strong characters that broke with the florid, decorative manner of his predecessors. Despite his eccentric habit of dressing in old-fashioned clothes from the T'ang period. Mi Fei was also a successful courtier, rose to become Secretary of the Board of Rites, and served as a military governor...
Neither of the two is habit forming, however, and thus it is questionable whether they can be outlawed as narcotics. Similar drugs are used in the rites of certain tribes of Indians in Mexico and the southwestern United States. The cactus plants are reportedly available by mail from biological supply houses in that part of the country...
Winning seems to have become a habit with the varsity tennis team, and despite the absence of Steve Gottlieb and Cal Place from their usual second and fifth singles spots, the Crimson defeated a strong Williams squad yesterday, 6 to 3, at Williamstown...
Arthur Freeman has written a poem called "The Short History of Art." After an opening burst of technical terminology, the poem settles down to becoming a string of harmonics which formulate a habit of mind. On the whole, it seems to be more embellishment than formulation...
When reports linking cigarette smoking to cancer first came out. at least 1,500,000 of the 38 million U.S. smokers forsook the habit, said the Agriculture Department. Since then, most of those who quit "probably have resumed, mainly using filter-tip cigarettes." Commented a tobaccoman: "The cancer scare is good for filters...