Word: penchant
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...nostalgic penchant for traditional Broad way spectacles enchants you one can not do much better than 42nd Street. The music, the costumes, the story, and of course the tap-dancing is of the straight forward old-fashinoed make-them-leave-the-theatre-happy-and-humming type, it worked well enough during the Depression. And it provides a rather harmless evening of musical theatre...
...Leader" as he swept aside many traditional social values and replaced them with his own populist ideas. But some of Gaddafi's more recent "reforms," including obligatory military training, have produced considerable disenchantment. Many younger Libyans are also uneasy about the regime's internal repression and its penchant for forcing Gaddafi's austere life-style on everyone. The seriousness of the situation is heightened by the fact that Libya's petroleum-based economy is ailing as a result of the worldwide oil glut...
Despite their derring-do, dealmakers are little known outside financial circles. One reason is their penchant for secrecy. If word of a prospective merger gets out prematurely, it can drive up the price of the target company or invite competing offers. At Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of the big brokerage house, phones are swept for eavesdropping equipment and trash is routinely shredded. The staff is trained not to talk in elevators or on public transportation, and code names are used when a deal is in progress. Explains Ken Miller, 41, who heads the 35-person department...
...movie's few captivating scenes, in which a crazed and doped out Pete threatens to kill Betty, Bridges gives us a fleeting glimpse into the terror and paranoia that plague Phillip throughout the film. However, because we know so little about him aside from his penchant for snorting cocaine, the scene seems somehow out of place...
Koch on his penchant for controversy: "I hope that it isn't that I enjoy controversy. I am feisty by nature; I am competitive; I like my work; I am not a punching bag. You put that all together, it spells Ed Koch...