Word: habited
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...ordered Azahari and Nurdin to plan attacks on "soft" Western targets in Indonesia, according to a J.I. member who was present and who is now under house arrest in Malaysia. Since then, the two have eluded Indonesia's largest ever manhunt. Azahari, whom captured accomplices have testified has a habit of accompanying his bombers to within a few hundred meters of their targets, has had no less than six breathtakingly narrow escapes from arrest over three years on the run. He twice slipped out the back doors of houses minutes before police arrived, and he was once waved...
...East Berlin: "With Fischer, for example, you knew what he stood for. With these new politicians, they don't stand for anything." Standing for nothing may suit the mood of a Germany that wants to concentrate on pocketbook issues rather than big ideas. But ideas, passion, fervor have a habit of unexpectedly coming back to life. In 1968, the country was being governed by its first ever coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats. With the two big parties working together, there was no effective opposition in parliament to measures the government introduced, including the Emergency Acts, which gave...
...five years, ever since George W. Bush entered the White House, it's been an axiom of international affairs that in comparison with the U.S., Europe is socially and politically liberal. In many ways, that is still true. But changes in the political climate have a habit of creeping up on you, like a light breeze before a storm. And enough has happened - or, rather, become visible - in Europe this year to wonder whether that truism is still accurate. Last week, I heard one of Britain's most experienced commentators describe this year's Conservative Party conference as "young...
Naps are good. Try to get into the habit of napping: 10 minutes to 20 minutes in the afternoon, preferably lying down in a darkened room...
...momentum we have is huge for us,” Johnson said. “I am a firm believer in tat winning is a habit and so is losing. Winning is an addicting feeling—so I think that momentum is gigantic...