Word: penchant
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...friend Larry’s (Brian Avers) psychological laboratory.But this focus on the mundane never detracts from the movie’s charm. Luminous details—like Brian’s earnest attempts to adopt a Chinese baby despite his young bachelorhood, and Larry’s inexplicable penchant for mixing purple vodka with pure ethanol while on the job—give each character an idiosyncratic tint. The debut script from Adam Nagata and director Matt Aselton is fresh and quirky; the dialogue alone could drive the awkward humor of the piece even without the nuanced talent...
...speak in France's name, because that role isn't hers," Socialist legislator Jean-Marie Le Guen said on Monday on French news channel LCI, noting that even if Royal's criticism of Sarkozy's Dakar comments was justified, her penchant for apologies isn't. "A rhetoric based on excusing oneself is out of line, it seems to me, in the same way that the rhetorical foundation of Sarkozy's [insults...
...back if their grievances weren't addressed. Few in France question the readiness to deliver on those and other threats of uprising by workers around the nation whose jobs are imperiled as recession bites deeper. Indeed, that kind of action is only an updated echo of France's historical penchant for insurgency in response to adversity - a tradition now making a comeback with the global economic crisis...
...immediate aftermath of the attack closed the case, pinning the blame on an emotional Prince Dipendra, most Nepalis never quite accepted the accession of Birendra's businessman brother, Gyanendra, to the throne, and balked at his son Paras becoming crown prince. Paras is known chiefly for his penchant for fast cars and liquor, often in combination. But last week he titillated the nation by leaking to a tabloid in Singapore - where he now lives in a luxury home - alleged proof of how his cousin Dipendra had secretly plotted the murder for years, in what could shape...
Once upon a time, a young physics concentrator with a penchant for cakes and a talented artist with a smile as big as his tower of hair flew to Paris on a mission to unveil inhalable chocolate to the world. By day they scoured the finest boutiques in Paris for chocolate to use in their product. Money was no object. By night they stayed in a beautiful hotel near the Louvre. When they had all their supplies, the artist and the scientist hand-ground chocolate in preparation for their invention’s big reveal. The day finally came...