Word: habited
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...University might like to, well, uh, maybe consider possibly changing some positions and policies, nothing would ever be accomplished based on student input. While it is certainly important to be polite (to a degree), it is just as certainly important to be heard. Furthermore, The Crimson has a habit of changing the language of statements and interviews (sometimes even attributing quotations to individuals who never technically agreed to interviews) when publishing articles, and I have no doubt that the ‘inflammatory’ language of the BGLTSA could be due at least in part to such editorial license...
...guards, Nick Berg crisscrossed Iraq by hailing cabs and hopping onto buses. Usually clad in a baseball cap and jeans, he made no effort to blend in with the locals as he lugged around sophisticated electronic equipment in search of work. His Arabic was awful, and he had a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In January, during his first prospecting trip to Iraq, Berg was picked up during a police sweep in the southern town of Diwaniya, where "there are supposedly a good deal of Iranian spies who wander over and sneak about...
...little-known rider, Elliott overcame demons to get this far. A back injury and weight gain when he was 19 kept him out of racing for 18 months. A recovering alcoholic, he paid a price for his habit with a year's probation after beating a friend with a pool cue. He also once assaulted a girlfriend. "I did things I'm not proud of," he has said...
...quickly adding that he sees it as a "low-probability event." But by itself, China "is not No. 1 on the list of risks to the global recovery." The world may be experimenting with China as a trading partner, but it has yet to develop a full-blown opium habit...
...squad can include footballers of 10 nationalities. Both leagues provide exciting, all-action games of the kind that offend purists. And both have targeted Asia for growth. Last year the NBA sent stars and cheerleaders to China in the off-season, while Premier League clubs have got into the habit of raking in big bucks from preseason tours of Asia. Indeed, one reason that Real Madrid was prepared to pay Manchester United $41 million last year for Beckham-a god in Asia-was so that the Spanish club could market itself more aggressively in the Far East...