Word: habited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end the Times finally capitulated in its own way and in a long editorial explained that it meant no offense: "On the whole, it looks as though there were much to be said for our national habit of reading the books, looking at the pictures, listening to the music, and letting the personalities behind them get on with their job of being human beings as quietly as possible...
...debate, General Joe's estimate of the situation was about right. Nonetheless, armed with the new weapon of Ike's promise to run, he was able to inspire some remarkably heroic performances. New York's legendary Republican budget-slasher, John Taber, threw off a lifetime habit to ask that the House raise its sights on foreign aid. This year, foghorned Taber, the cuts have gone too deep: Ike should get at least $4 billion. He was seconded by Massachusetts' Dick Wigglesworth, the Republicans' No. 2 man on the Appropriations Committee: "I stand today...
...Communist Czechoslovakia.) To get the Russian loan, Nasser would have to mortgage Egypt's all-important cotton crops for 20 years. Nasser asked advice of his friend, Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, an old hand at playing roulette with Russia. Tito warned him to beware of the Russian habit of turning trade on and off for political purposes. The Yugoslavs, said Expert Tito, have developed a rule of thumb: not more than 25% of a nation's foreign trade can safely be given to Russia...
...Five years ago Harrison built a villa overlooking the fishing village of Portofino on the Italian Riviera, where Rex fished, swam, sped about in speedboats. But he was always restless there. "I'm not really a country man in the hearty sense," he admits. He has a nervous habit of stroking his long nose, shooting his cuffs by stretching out his arms, and then running his hand down the length of his tie. "You haven't lived," observed a friend who visited the Harrisons in Portofino, "until you've seen Rexy go through that routine in nothing...
...fists prove his salvation when a penetrating instructor shows him how to "make hate work for him." In the prize ring, Graziano remains an undisciplined, roughhouse fighter, but now society applauds instead of imprisoning him. The habit of trouble is not broken. He misses scheduled bouts, tangles with gamblers and boxing commissions. Before he meets Tony Zale for the championship, newspapers break the story that Rocky had been dishonorably discharged from the Army for belting an officer...