Word: habited
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Though the Crimson was able to break a bad habit of not clearing the puck from within its own zone, Harvard could not shake the penalty calls. Out of the 14 total minutes for which the Crimson was penalized, 12 came within the final frame of action...
...Office on Smoking and Health. Alas, the risk of lung cancer never quite gets down to what it would have been without smoking. "Even with cancer, people respond better to chemotherapy if they quit," Husten says. Best of all, of course, would be not to take up the habit in the first place...
...caffeinated coffee a day significantly reduced their risk of diabetes--more than 50% in men and about 30% in women--compared with non--coffee drinkers. Doctors certainly don't claim that the brew is an elixir of health, but if you already have a caffeine habit, you may be doing yourself more good than you knew...
...would counsel him not to tell her," says psychiatrist Scott Haltzman, who studies men and relationships. Yet many therapists say such behavior creates a breach of trust. Spouses often view porn as a betrayal or even as adultery. The typical reaction when a woman discovers her husband's habit is shock and "How dare he?" According to therapist Lonnie Barbach, based in Mill Valley, Calif., many such women "feel like they're not good enough. Otherwise, why would their mates be seeking this...
Trouble is, often the taste is not shared. Jessica (not her real name), 28, a product manager in New York City, tolerates her boyfriend's pornography habit, but his admiration for bodies like that of porn queen Jenna Jameson has made her insecure, so she plans to get breast implants. "My boyfriend told me lots of his friends' girlfriends have done it," she says. "He said to me, 'Imagine what an awesome body you'll have!' I can't blame him for his preferences." But Jessica isn't sure that surgery will improve their sex life. "He tends...