Word: habited
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...review that says, "Yes, but! Big but!" And when he decides that a movie rates a pan - a "Bah, thumbug," if you will - he tends to approach the task not with the hot rage of a jilted suitor, or the curled lip of contempt that is the occupational habit of other critics (this one included), but with the fretful brow of a knowing, caring family doctor. He diagnoses the symptoms, then calmly and compassionately explains the nature of your ailment...
...Today Angola is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, and production is growing 25% a year. Since 2002, businessmen have been flying into Luanda offering huge sums in return for access to oil, while foreign governments have bolstered their case with aid. China has made a habit of outbidding the world here. In 2004, years of talks over structural reforms between Angola and the International Monetary Fund became redundant when a state-run Chinese bank offered a $2 billion line of credit without any such requirements for reform. In 2005 and 2006, the Chinese announced loans worth...
...Bratton, as is his habit, isn't apologizing or retracting. "I'm not going to turn a blind eye to what I saw captured on the huge amount of video of the incident," he says...
...decisions in our own lives - if we eat the right foods, and stay active, and listen to our wives when they tell us to stop smoking." That last reference drew a knowing chuckle from his audience, where many were familiar with Obama's own struggle to kick his nicotine habit...
...Liaou expressed her appreciation for students—the Hoopes Prize winners chief amont them—who make the decision to cultivate the habit of pursuing rigorous academic discourse on a frequent basis...