Word: penchant
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...those people who writes and sticks it in the drawer," says Hilary Putnam, Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic. Partially because of the penchant for secrecy, colleagues say, his beliefs about philosophy are highly controversial and not entirely accepted in philosophy departments around the country...
...worth nearly $400,000, took ski vacations in chic Vail, Colo., dabbled in photography and raced cars, finishing a respectable 17th in the Miami Grand Prix (prize: $400). A Jacuzzi bubbled outside his bedroom, a speedboat was moored to his private dock. And, of course, Chris Wilder had a penchant for attractive young women. In an interview for a dating service videotaped in 1981, he said, "I want to date and enjoy the company of women, women with depth. I'm looking for a long-term relationship but not marriage...
...course, Surls' sense of the demonic (or the angel ic, which makes a less convincing bow in one or two pieces) is filtered through quite a lot of art history, from Mini to the ornery, meticulously crafted constructions of the late H.C. Westermann. His main weakness is a penchant for cockeyed whimsy, which seems to be an inexpert deduction from Miro. But this hardly matters beside the strength of Surls' best work. Notably Working in the Garden, 1981, the massive root system of an oak dug from the ground, seasoned, and then equipped with a demented spiral wooden...
They developed clan loyalties like those of Highland Scotland, complete with tales of heroism and treachery. The legacy of the Crusades even now is reflected in the snipings, kidnapings and crossfire that recur in the mountains between Christian and Muslim militias. Part of this legacy is a penchant for violence, a belief that the gun as much as the cross is a source of salvation. Says Professor Majid Fakhri of the American University of Beirut: "There is something very medieval about the Christian outlook. A type of feudalism exists in which politics and religion are intertwined in a literal...
...specifically Irish penchant for black humor mainfests itself in McGinley's novel, though he manages to keep it under control. After Elizabeth's and Kevin's marriage. Elizabeth explains her initial timidity on sexual questions as the result for her being raped by an English journalists, McGinley writes...