Word: penchant
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...also have much in common, starting with a passion for storytelling. Despite an occasional scene with a point to make?for example, a homeless tent pitched in the shadow of Tokyo's glittering city hall?Kon's penchant for realistic settings and characters doesn't make him a social crusader. "I like drawing pictures and telling stories," he says. "I'm not trying to save Japan; I just want to show people how things look to me." For all his impatience with Miyazaki's morals and happy endings, it's hard to avoid the impression that Kon took some cues...
Case study number one: Harvard senior free safety Chris Raftery, whose scorching speed and penchant for making bone-crushing hits aren’t altogether obvious at first sight. Raftery is not a big guy—he’s generously listed at 6’0” and 180 pounds—and his politeness and articulacy are more likely characteristics of a lawyer than a defensive back...
...Bellyaches and what the Dust Brothers gave the Beastie Boys on Paul’s Boutique. The DFA’s production brings the Rapture’s early sound, evocative of Joy Division and the Cure, to its logical fulfillment—bridging the band’s penchant for the 80s with the means and trends of 21st century rock...
...reason to grant him carte blanche to defy the law. But the timing of the industrialist’s arrest—he has been more critical of the Kremlin of late and appeared to be considering a presidential run—and Putin’s demonstrated penchant for strong-arm politics make it impossible to believe that Khodorkovsky is sitting behind bars right now because of tax evasion. Indeed, if anything, Khodorkovsky has done more to promote responsibility and transparency in Russian industry than any other industrialist in the country. Most Western observers consider him the model Russian...
Coaches and teammates have only words of praise to offer regarding the junior centerman with a penchant for the goal, but until this year, Dom Moore ’03 and Brett Nowak ’03 overshadowed the younger scorer...