Word: penchant
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...life. Like Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh demands careful strategy to decide which cards to pit against one another. Because you need 40 cards to play the game (players download characters into a Game Boy by inserting the codes printed on real cards), it also plays to kids' penchant for collecting. And though the Game Boy version can be played alone, it's more fun to challenge someone else. "Japan used to be a place where all the neighborhood kids played together," says Hideo Takayama, president of the Children's Research Institute. "But today's kids spend most...
...fortune to be made is what most workers in the travel industry in Asia have in mind when dealing with Japanese tourists. Despite the increase in Japanese backpackers and solo travelers, many in the industry still view holidaymakers from Japan as either rich, clueless shopaholic shutterbugs with a penchant for endless golf or repressed salarymen looking for illicit sex. And, like the fortune tellers at Hsing-tian Temple, Asians have learned that catering to Japanese tastes is far more lucrative than hosting any other group...
...suite was never particularly fond of this man—we have less than a penchant for public urination. Yet, the scene was shocking. We all watch “Law and Order,” but this time there was no blood, no violence. It appeared that a random homeless man died somewhat passively in his sleep on a beautiful night...
...modern times can be seen as a relatively recent historical phenomena, the overwhelming reverence paid to Hamlet extends as far back as the late 17th century. While English dramatists of the Restoration were adapting Shakespeare’s plays left and right, altering them to fit the popular penchant for love triumphant and a happy ending, Hamlet remained untouched. Even King Lear got a makeover in the form of a glorious marriage between Edgar and the distinctly not-dead Cordelia. But the thwarted love, the suicides and the excessive carnage of Hamlet all stayed exactly where Shakespeare placed them...
...reshaped and splattered on a canvas? When is a silhouette a representation of a thing and when is the thing itself? Most importantly, how many marshmallows can that guy fit into his mouth? These are just some of the probing questions invited by three vibrant mimes with a penchant for banging out “Go Ask Alice” on plastic tubes...