Word: habited
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...touchiest aspects of the spanking debate is that some groups tend to spank more than others, out of habit, cultural tradition or common parenting practice. Men, low-income parents, Southerners, evangelical Christians, Latinos and African Americans are more supportive of spanking. African-American parents say their children need to be especially under control in a prejudiced society. "I think black people have a lower tolerance for children looking disrespectful," says Pam Jackson, an economist and single mother in Washington. Wilma Ann Anderson, publisher of Mahogany Baby, an online magazine for black parents, and a mother of four, agrees. When...
...always been Nintendo's habit, maybe even its compulsion, to bet its big franchises from time to time. That's one reason it has been able to transform itself so completely over the years; it began life in the late 19th century as a playing-card manufacturer. It's also the main reason the company keeps really large reserves of cash handy, in case things go awry. Look at the disastrous Virtual Boy, a 3-D game system that was released in 1995 and retired, unmourned and largely unsold, in 1996. Look at the name they come up with...
...During a term abroad in East Africa, I acquired the impolite habit of asking non-Tanzanians why they’d come to Tanzania. My own reason was to learn Swahili and to get a sense of the place whose history I’d begun to study seriously...
...central ideas of the movie comes from the Hassidic and cabalistic traditions. The notion that Passover is not only about this pharaoh who enslaved us 3000 years ago, but pharaoh is present in each and every one of us today. Pharaoh is whatever bad or destructive habit that prevents a person from becoming the man or woman that they would like to be. THC: How would you pitch this movie to a Harvard student? SL: Sex, drugs, and matzah ball soup. It ain’t your bubbie’s Jewish comedy. It’s quite outrageous...
...Savitsky ’07 has the habit of saying “lovely”: Thursday morning is “lovely,” as well as Jack Megan, the director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA). So is poet and Professor of English and American Literature and Languages Peter Sacks, who briefly interrupts our interview. Such a gentle staple phrase might be thought of as at odds with a young woman who has played such a forceful role in dramatic arts on campus. Savitsky has been involved in 16 productions, is the historian...