Word: habited
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Clinton also met with a drug sniffing dog, and in the process revealed a little-known presidential sleeping habit. The dog, whose name was "Darling," had recently sniffed out some heroin in the tennis shoes of a tourist on a cruise ship. Clinton petted the dog, who seemed quite taken with POTUS. In surmising why the pooch seemed so affectionate, Clinton dropped his little nugget: "Buddy slept with me last night. He probably smells Buddy." No details were available about the president's morning shower...
...populism that rouses an audience on the hustings. And perhaps the reason Gore so often seems to be impersonating a tub-thumping pol is that he feels the need to disguise his cerebral nature, since American politics has often punished eggheads. When I propose to Gore that his complex habit of mind may be an asset for a President but a liability for a candidate, he seems stumped for a response, as if he agrees but can't admit it. "Well," he says finally, "I hope you're right on the first part and wrong on the second...
...drinking much that night and did not in any case get drunk), perhaps is married and didn't want to use his real name, and borrowed mine for the evening as a sort of private gag, a dumb, spur-of-the-moment stunt. 2) He makes a habit of this (how else explain what he knows about me?) - he's a sick and mischievous character, a con artist with a personality disorder. Get out the bug spray...
...basing the film on the Gore family photo album - Al dressed up as Frankenstein for Halloween, Tipper hanging up laundry as a military housewife - underscored one of the most oddly homey images of the campaign so far: her geeky, endearing habit of snapping pictures from the stage at every campaign event; she even recorded the leering mug of Larry King on CNN Wednesday. Note to the Gore staff, however: You might want to reconsider the symbolism of the candidate's wife publicly trying to capture their moment on the national stage while it lasts...
...BACKLASH STARTS HERE The habit of naming an urban district by fragmenting and contracting the names of its borders (e.g., Manhattan's SoHo, South of Houston Street), hoping to imply a newfound hipness, has grown into a cultural virus...