Word: penchant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mentioned cell biologist Ursula Goodenough's quip that if cloning were perfected, "there'd be no need for men." If your article had been written by Jorge Luis Borges, Annie Proulx, Thomas Pynchon or another author with a penchant for serendipitous character names, I'd know for certain that "Goodenough" was herself a clone. JONATHAN BRENNER BALKIND London...
Clark was quick to establish his background. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife Carrie and his first son. He first encountered the writing life as a journalist with a specialty in food and travel. His penchant for history, however, soon took over, and he wrote two nonfiction books: James Beard: A Biography and River of the West. Since publishing In the Deep Midwinter, Clark has finished another book with the working title Mr. White's Confusion and is researching for his next project, a memoir and genealogy of his family...
...lest this critic sound completely dismissive of the holiday honoring a third-century martyr with a penchant for matchmaking, something actually did go sublimely right this Valentine's: the rousing production of "The Tales of Hoffmann" by the Dunster House Opera...
Does this mean she is destined for a domineering mate with a penchant for elderly Greek maternal types? Or does this mean that she should eat in Annenberg more often? Are we taking this too seriously...
...funeral homes and cemeteries, including a stake in Rose Hills Memorial Park outside Los Angeles, the largest cemetery in North America, which Loewen acquired after outbidding SCI. The company's expansion may thrill investors but probably doesn't bode well for consumers, despite founder and ceo Raymond Loewen's penchant for describing the Loewen Group as the industry "leader in consumerism...