Word: penchant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last year Mansfield revealed his inanity (and his penchant for publicity) with his comments about Women's Studies and Black students. It's no surprise, then, that he's once again expressing contempt for a sizeable portion of the student body and faculty. This time, though, he's chosen not to limit the scope of his remarks to this campus; Mansfield voiced these sentiments as a trial witness in defense of Colorado's Amendment Two, which prevents the cities of that state from enacting statutes to protect the civil rights of homosexuals...
...prefer romance and subtle assertions of power and lofty historical visions, stick with part I. At this point, Ivan flatly says, "You call me Ivan the Terrible? Then that is what I will be!" And does he ever look the part. The actors in this film have a great penchant for glaring with demonic and possessed eyes. In part I, Ivan seems to be in a trance in the scenes in the church or when he is making grand proclamations. In Part II, his eyes are a sight to behold: they no longer dart from side to side, but stare...
Mullis' personality may have been the only obstacle between him and a Nobel Prize. He was the subject of a profile in last Sunday's Parade magazine, which reported that he once "had a midnight brawl on a beach with a fellow researcher," and which discussed his penchant for sunning himself on the roof rather than working...
Many candidates voiced dissatisfaction with thecouncil's penchant for controversy, and said theyhope to improve the council if elected...
Harvard University police Lt. Larry Murphy's specialty is V.I.P. protection--which might explain his penchant for special treatment. Murphy, the acting chief of police and the leading contender within the force for the soon-to-be vacant chief post, is in charge of obtaining bus service for the University's Commencement and reunion activities--even if he doesn't actually sign the contract...