Word: penchant
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Hold writers’ meeting. Get very enthusiastic about the story idea about this guy in Matthews a writer’s roommate hooked up with. It seems he has a penchant for tucking in his shirt. Amazing...
...what scenario could a National Guardsman with an automatic rifle better handle a terrorist threat than law enforcement or well-trained civilian security? Neither the Taliban nor anyone else is going to storm into an airport and open fire—at least, unless they have a penchant for airports, a public shooting there is no more likely than anywhere else. And with or without military personnel around every corner, even the most dim-witted terrorist would never try to hijack a plane by rushing through metal detectors, ready for a footrace or a firefight...
...works by Rachmaninoff; the composer whose works have made her well-known. “Son” displayed the fullness and richness of Fleming’s voice, while the flirty “Rechnaya Liliya,” a song about a water lily, showed a penchant for whimsy. “Ne poy, Krasavita” and “Eti Letniye Nochi” were both impassioned reflections about the pain of grief, which Fleming delivered with remarkable gravity and poise...
...wand only at McDonald's." Darmody also sees the wands as a tool to build customer loyalty--say, by offering customers a free dessert or a $5 credit when they spend $20. FreedomPay and 2Scoot do not sell their information, but they do tell retailers whether you have a penchant for Big Macs over cheeseburgers, or chocolate shakes over vanilla...
...that musical inauthenticity is indistinguishable from what is genuine, anyone with good looks, flashy outfits and enough studio crafting can become the darlings of the rock community. So although MTV is the machine of culture and music, and to be heard and sell records one must pander to its penchant for dumbness and beautiful young popstars with lipgloss, New Order have managed to find a way to be commercially viable while retaining artistic integrity...