Word: habited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time. Perhaps Eddie Murphy will show nothing more than firefly form: a flash of lightning followed by critical and popular pans. Perhaps he will tire of squeaky-clean living and head for Pryor-like self-immolation. Perhaps he will cease to be an entertainment event and become an agreeable habit, working a Vegas lounge, living on tired blood and the public's memories. But if he keeps going as he is going now-young, gifted, black and hot-he can hope for the ultimate backhanded compliment. On a Saturday Night Live in 2033, some bright young comic will trot...
...solemn ceremony beatifying Sister Urszula Ledochowska, a Polish educator who organized Catholic schools before World War I. As the Pope conferred on Sister Urszula the title "blessed," the next-to-last step in the arduous path to sainthood, a life-size portrait of the nun in simple gray habit was unveiled...
...that hang on the wall amid posters of Pope John Paul II. One large hand-scrawled message contains a plea for men's shoes of all sizes. Another, more ominously, lists the political trials that are currently in progress. Inside the vestibule, a Franciscan nun in a brown habit tends an old-fashioned telephone switchboard. Off to the side, a room is piled high with boxes containing toothpaste, soap, powdered milk and other items...
...have a nasty habit of . . . surviving," sneered Kamal Khan as perplexity twitched in his left cheek...
Curiously, Rosch notes, today's pressures have created a breed of thrill seekers who, often to their own detriment, prefer excitement over tranquillity. Life in the fast lane becomes a dangerous habit for them. "Skydivers get hooked on the jump," he says, "executives purposely arrive at the airport at the last possible minute. People today have become addicted to their own adrenaline secretion...