Word: habited
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Delaney-Smith has made a habit out of following Feaster’s professional exploits—she visited the WNBA All-Star just before Charlotte entered the playoffs this summer—and watched Feaster play in France last season...
...that midnight pillow fights with my roommate have taken precedence over my readings. It’s just that the class hasn’t quite finished talking about the last assigned passage…the one due Oct. 14. Surprisingly, our limited productivity is due to a nasty habit of that adored pet of pedagogy, Discussion, which especially in small classes likes to take advantage of its long leash to run wildly out of control...
...gold - selling over 100,000 copies in France - fueled by the hit single Ya Rayah, a popular north African song of exile that takes on a roguish air with Taha's rough vocal. Despite some commercial success, Taha's mix of traditional and electronic instrumentation and beats, and his habit of singing in Arabic, has often led critics to classify his records as fusion or world music, a label that confounds him. Taha makes lavish use of traditional Arab instruments like the oud lute, and string and wind sections, driven forward by electric bass and guitars, rock backbeats, and even...
...leaders in the world have managed to attach their destiny so firmly to the destiny of their people. Arafat was one of them. It has become virtually a habit of the mind to think of Arafat when thinking about the Palestinians. It will take a long time before the world forgets the frail face wrapped in the traditional Palestinian white and black kufaya. That face has brought the Palestinian cause from beneath the rubble to the center of international attention. Despite controversies that have become defining characteristics of his public career, very few deny Arafat’s crucial role...
...from age 11. But it was just two years ago that she finally relented to his flirting--"'cause I was ready for one of the good guys," says Rose. She says she signed up for the course "to save our relationship" from constant arguments, especially about how her bingo habit affects their finances. Hankerson reluctantly agreed to participate, but midway through the course, the couple was ready to give up. "I picked fights," Rose confesses. "I cut him off. I always had to have last, first, in-between words." Hankerson often deflects conflict with a joke--"Sometimes I want...