Word: prone
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Unfortunately, few candidates appear ready for the torch. Lindros? Too injury prone. Kariya? Lacks the charisma, and with one concussion already is a constant health concern...
...ugly story; Parini doubts it is true. Lesley's daughter Lesley Lee Francis told Parini, "In all the years my mother and I talked about her father, there was never any mention of this scene. And, indeed, she was prone to nightmares, especially in childhood...
...parks in Anaheim or Orlando. Maybe this copy-phenomenon explains our latent insecurities, which oftentimes induce an inferiority complex hidden by rampant self-justification or over-inflated egos (as exhibited in this article). Like the Academie Francaise, clinging to an exaggerated notion of French linguistic purity, Quad residents are prone to overcompensate for self-doubt inspired by the general consensus that our locale may not be as ideal as we might wish...
That falls in the category of the psychotic parent approach. Some of my friends are even prone to this approach, and I love them for it. For some reason, the overreaction doesn't bother me as much coming from them. But from Mom, since she's always like that, whether I'm sick or well, I find it best to tell her that I'm great. Even if I'm about to keel over...
...hope to eventually link [crime incidents] to a mapping system," McNamara said. Such a system could tell officers which areas of campus are more or less prone to crime...