Word: habited
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...they catch, according to a 2001 University of Florida survey sponsored by the retail industry. Teens, who constitute about a quarter of shoplifters, often steal on a dare or in groups. Adults are more likely to steal alone and for more complex reasons. For them, shoplifting can become a habit they find increasingly difficult to break...
Ryder obviously needs help, and there are plenty of therapies that work. "For most shoplifters, getting something for nothing is like giving themselves a reward that they feel they deserve," says Peter Berlin, who runs Shoplifters Alternative, a New York--based rehabilitation program. Psychotherapy may help break the habit, as may drugs such as naltrexone, used to treat alcoholics, or antidepressants like Prozac. But the best therapy may be what Ryder got. When 112 repeat shoplifters were asked in a telephone survey what would deter them, their top choice was "prosecution." --With reporting by Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles
Portraying Bradshaw hasn’t been without difficulty. “Cliff is extremely different from me in real life,” Lowe says. While Bradshaw finds the underground night scene novel and intriguing, it has grown repetitive for Lowe. “I sadly make a habit of finding myself trashed outside of a club wearing a dress, with my stiletto trapped in the drain,” he says. Beyond these personality differences, Lowe has found it difficult not to come off as “cocky” when speaking “American...
...enjoys a 7%-to-10% lead in the polls, but his record is far from inspiring. Davis, who gets credit for reforms in education, is widely blamed for the state's $24 billion deficit, for last year's energy crisis and for what many view as an ethically questionable habit of taking contributions from political appointees. All of which explains why two-thirds of likely voters say they don't like either candidate...
Most of the time, I try to hide this habit under a veneer of respectability—stacking a New Yorker on top of a New York, or nodding agreeably at what Cindy Adams has to say about poor Winona Ryder’s rehabilitation while standing next to the World News section at the Coop newsstand. And even there, celebrity-mania gives you a different way of looking at the world: Sure, Dick Cheney is running our country and President Bush is fighting his father’s war, but, more importantly, have you noticed how this administration...