Word: penchant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nowhere is the American penchant for pilfering more in evidence than in Boston Common. Ever since 1897, the north side of the common has been dominated by a massive monument with a bronze bas-relief of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the white leader of the first black U.S. regiment, who was killed leading a Civil War assault on South Carolina's Fort Wagner. The only problem with the statue was Shaw's bronze sword. It kept disappearing. First the original, then another and another, until the colonel had been rearmed no less than a dozen times. Finally...
...fancier and more expensive sandwiches and a much larger menu to choose from, try the Midget Delicatessen (1712 Mass Ave., near the Radcliffe dormitories). Roy Rogers (1613 Mass Ave.) is not worth much more than avoidance unless you have a penchant for pre-processes roast beef and the atmosphere of a bogus MacDonald...
...movietown in an enormous red villa that is a replica of mansions from the day:; of the Boxer Rebellion. He also has a second villa, two apartments, a Rolls-Royce, Cadillac and Continental, and an eye for starlets. Runme lives in Singapore and is more circumspect, but has a penchant for horse racing. Together, the brothers Shaw have accumulated so much wealth that they have lost track of it. "We have hundreds of millions," shrugs Run Run. "Hong Kong or U.S. dollars-it doesn't matter...
...million; in 1973 the figure is expected to reach $120 million. The major reason: many Japanese males have come to believe that the Korean kisaeng are more accomplished (and quite a bit cheaper) than the ladies patrolling the Ginza back home. In recent years, Japanese males with a penchant for lechery almost automatically headed for Taipei and the charmers of the red-lit Grass Mountain. But last September's break in Taiwan-Japan diplomatic relations also had a depressing effect on carnal relations...
...Vesco had a penchant for attracting people close to President Nixon. Donald F. Nixon, the President's nephew, has been Vesco's administrative assistant since...