Word: penchant
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...reclusive, cordial, traditional and lives in the same house he bought for $13,000 in the 1960s. Richard likes junk food, can be blunt with subordinates, is building a lavish mansion and flew Whitney Houston to Hong Kong for his millennium party. (One trait the duo share is a penchant for being seen with beautiful women; Ka-shing is a widower, and Richard has never married.) When asked which businessman he admires most, Richard mentions not Dad but Sony's co-founder Akio Morita--and he makes clear that questions about his father and their relationship are unwelcome...
...wealth effect, simply, is the penchant to spend more as net worth climbs. You probably don't lie awake at night fretting about the problems that increasing your wealth may bring, but it's an issue in Washington because spending is the root of inflation. And inflation is bad. One way to attack it, therefore, is to attack net worth...
Gore is well known for his appetite for cold-blooded analysis, whether of an opponent or a proposal. "He has a penchant for issues that are complex and intellectual, as opposed to emotional and ideological," explains a former aide. "With Gore, the question isn't, What do I believe? It's, What do I know?" Although much has been made of Bush's crash course in policy early last year, when the best minds in the party came down to Austin, Texas, to help school him on everything from China policy to the complexities of the earned-income tax credit...
Both men believe in a progressive, inclusive America, though West's Marxism and penchant for postmodernist literary criticism did not always jibe with Bradley's capitalist message...
...lineup of seemingly normal women had the gut-wrenching, irresistible allure of driving past a car wreck. Of course, that parallel may not be coincidental; the Fox network, which aired the ill-fated episode of "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" is known for its penchant for "reality-based programming," including titles like "When Good Pets Go Bad" and the car wreck-rich "World's Scariest Police Videos." Now, in the wake of creepy allegations about Rockwell and claims of temporary insanity by his erstwhile bride, Fox chairman Sandy Grushow has made a sweeping and dubious pronouncement: The network...