Word: habited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father Joseph, a shipping supervisor at a pharmaceutical company, came to visit her every day at the nursing home in Morris Plains, N.J. "It's a habit, a routine," he said to the New York Times. "I couldn't break it for the life of me. I still have to stop there every day, even in snow, just to be sure that she's not lacking for anything." Her mother Julia came two or three times a week. "There's a radio in her room that is always on," she said, "and once in a while we bring down...
...counts of cocaine distribution, more than any other defendant. Ueberroth, who has ordered all employees of the major leagues other than players to submit to drug- screening tests, hopes to persuade the players to take the tests as well. One additional concern: an athlete with an expensive illegal habit might be pressured to fix games...
...whites of South Africa are the prisoners of a status quo that is murderous to sustain and suicidal to abandon. Their response to this dilemma is not in itself surprising: the more their racist system is branded as offensive, the more defensive, and dangerous, they become. "The first habit we instill," says Hennie van der Merwe, "is the habit not to ask questions...
Jane McHugh has earned the tag "Tact and Decorum", or "T&D" for short. "Jane has a habit of saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time--in a cute way," Wilson explains...
Cunningham is fondly called "Joan of Arc" by her teammates, because of her habit of leading them in large arcs around the outfield when the squad runs between the foul lines to warm...