Word: habits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...North and Tammany, the Democrats put New York City's Representative John J. O'Connor into the chairmanship of potent Rules Committee. Brother of Basil O'Connor, Franklin Roosevelt's oldtime law partner, Representative O'Connor is, because of his habit of sneering at his opponents, one of the most unpopular members of a supposedly popular house...
...four years after 40 French Trappists began building their vast monastery in Kentucky, not far from Bardstown and its Cathedral. Professing his vows at La Grande Trappe where the Order (Reformed Cistercians) received its nickname, Father Obrecht early learned Trappist discipline-to sleep in his rough wool habit; arise at 2 a. m.; spend the day in devotions and hard work;* dig his own grave; speak during the day only to his superiors and during the "Great Silence" of the night, to no one at all. A friend of the last four Popes, he was sent to Gethsemane...
...know nothing about it. You base your whole argument on the fact that Harlow has been a coach at colleges which have, from time to time, subsidized athletes. However, you do not know that Harlow ever "went out and got" his players. Also, if he has been in the habit of proselyting before, you are not justified in assuming that he will do so here--especially when you must realize how Mr. Bingham feels about the position. We think since you are merely guessing, that your editorial is an example of shamefully poor taste. A now coach is coming...
...when he becomes aware of the state of his feelings, decides that the gypsy is a wanton. Actually, as the audience knows, Babbie is not a prowling vagrant at all, but the ward of Lord Rintoul, who lives in a castle at the top of the hill. Her habit of skulking through the woods in a dimity throw indicates not kleptomania but her desire to help the Thrums weavers in their dealings with the soldiers whom Lord Rintoul has imported to put a stop to difficulties at the mill...
...become a monopoly. His first competitor, George Moreland, long ago sent to prison for cashing bad checks, has since dropped out of sight. In addition to the age, birthday, batting average, professional ability and personal peculiarities of almost every big league baseball player, Al Munro Elias makes a habit of remembering his friends' middle names. He considers the "official" statistics released last week better than most, because they were identical with his own statistics, published just after the World Series...