Word: habited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...success, how to write taut and economical prose. Then he squandered the education on venomous hack work for West Coast literary journals and as a columnist for William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. He never wrote anything longer than a short story; he was not in the habit of writing a paragraph when just a word would do. The Devil's Dictionary, a lexicon of Bierce's scorn for mankind and all its institutions -now expanded by material that the editors say has not been anthologized before-stands today not only as the distillation of Bierce...
Eddie Neloy, who trains Successor, as well as horse-of-the-year Buckpasser, has the habit of winning all the big ones. It wold not be surprising to see him win another...
...newspapers are scarcely standard crusaders. In the 46 years that crusty old Dan O'Connell has commanded the city's Democratic machine, the papers had fallen into the habit of ignoring stories critical of him. When Gene Robb, a longtime Hearst executive in Washington, took over the chain's Times-Union in 1953, O'Connell had no reason to expect any change. Christened "Mr. Nice Guy U.S.A." by Albany staffers, Robb concentrated on the business side of the papers, succeeded in purchasing the Knickerbocker News from the Gannett chain...
Earlier, in stilted fashion that hopefully will not become habit-forming, Bishop announced: "It's with a great deal of pleasure that I'm afforded the privilege of having as my first guest, Governor Ronald Reagan." The Governor got off one good line, noting that "I've still got a four-year contract where I am." Bishop responded, poignantly and perhaps prophetically: "You're lucky; I've got only 39 weeks...
Baker will tangle with one of Princeton's best, miler Alan Andreini. Baker always dominates their encounters, but the steady Bengal has shown a-disconcerting habit of gaining the victories. Most impressive was Andreini's victory last spring after Baker had built up a thirty yard lead. Baker, gave signs before his injury that he was in the, best condition of his three year Harvard career...