Word: penchant
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...have to at least give them points for trying. Songs like “Granite State Destroyers” and “New Hampshire’s All Right If You Like Fighting” frequently invoke the New Hampshire state motto (Live Free or Die), and its penchant for tax resistance and anti-federalism. Although the songs had a clear connection to the pot decriminalization struggle, the band didn’t appear to be particularly focused on the subject...
...Chandra Levy was, according to close friends, an extremely private person who guarded her confidences jealously. That penchant for secrecy may have appealed to Gary Condit. It does not, however, help investigators who are searching for hints, clues, intimations that might help them track her down...
...Maybe there's a deeper monetary strategy to this newfound penchant for clarity and explanation. But maybe Alan Greenspan, in the middle of a lonely battle with a vengeful business cycle while Wall Street clamors for miracles, just wants a little sympathy...
...Ehrmann, who describes himself as a Freemason with an anarcho-Marxist philosophy, is intent on pushing the envelope when it comes to social contracts as well as technology developments. "I have always lived in a tribal fashion," he says of his penchant for cohabiting with several women simultaneously. "We show each other respect...
...includes 865 rich young techies interested in preparing for the day when the Internet will change everything. "The Internet is a fabulous revolution that will transform not only market sectors but all social contracts and put even the nation-state in question," says Ehrmann, who not surprisingly has a penchant for wearing black. For the last 15 years he has been been bringing the revolution to the world of databanks by mining publicly available information on a given subject, enriching it and putting it online. In doing so, he has upended certain traditional business sectors - the law, medicine, the global...