Word: prone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back then, Texas was the biggest, baddest (and slightly scandal-prone) program which stomped inferior teams with a relentless wishbone attack. Now, Texas was seemingly mired in another mediocre year peppered by losses to ranked teams...
...Both of these candidates have different types of appeal and electorates. They are two people who have won statewide races in Massachusetts both quite convincingly," said former Cambridge mayor Alice K. Wolf." And once people are prone to vote for their candidates, they are prepared to do it again...
...underlying disorder with the pharmaceutical equivalent of a sledgehammer, using anticancer drugs and steroids to beat down the body's hyperactive defense forces. The tactic is only moderately effective and has side effects that can be as bad as the disease itself, leaving patients drained of energy and prone to sores and other infections...
SACRAMENTO: The California Department of Motor Vehicles is blocking Chrysler from resupplying the state with new Chrysler cars for 45 days after dealers resold 116 "lemons" to California drivers. The breakdown-prone cars were bought back from unhappy drivers and resold by dealers after some repair work but without, state officials charge, properly disclosing that the cars had had previous problems or giving out the correct warranties. Chrysler will appeal the decision, which may indefinately delay the ban on the corporation restocking dealerships with vehicles. "This ruling is a lemon the size of the Yellow Submarine," says TIME's William...
...stressing efficiency and the value of time, the philosophy of virtuous impatience affords one the time to exercise discretion. Guided by patience, we too often finds ourselves in circumstances which unnecessarily consume our time. Human nature is prone to laziness. Were we to live by the virtue of impatience, we would temper our laziness sufficiently to allow for the completion of our tasks and the enjoyment of all those idle pleasures we hold dear...