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It features a totally off-the-wall performance by Roger Moore as an anti-terrorist expert who has some bizarre habits indeed, such as sewing, raising cats, and drinking whisky at 10a.m.
Micah gets the kids to go back to their murderous habits and soon the adults begin to die...again.
India’s first and longest-serving prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, spent his political career instilling in his people the habits of democracy: disdain for dictators, respect for parliamentary procedures, and abiding faith in the constitutional system.
We have constructed it from unfortunate habits of thought about how to handle spiraling public debt.
People developed these habits on the basis of the experiences of their families and friends: when in debt trouble, one must cut spending and pass through a period of austerity until the burden (debt relative to income) is reduced.
But, given the shortage of good alternatives, we must not assume that bad habits of thought can never be broken, and we should keep the possibility of more enlightened policy constantly in mind.
This principle, to which all agreed, must be enforced even if it upsets old habits and comfortable incomes.
In fact, habits are often stronger and more persistent than either insights or presidents.
And should these firms be allowed to access telecoms data to learn about customers’ habits and movements, thus giving them an unfair advantage?
We are changing some of our old habits; in particular, we are empowering women to become more actively engaged in all walks of life.
By 2050, global food production will have to increase by 60% to meet demand from a growing world population with changing consumption habits.
Although Moore’s law about the doubling of computing power every two years means that cyber time moves quickly, human habits, norms, and state practices change more slowly.
Building developers often don’t want the extra cost or extra hassle of breaking old habits.
In many ways, Trump has managed to combine the habits of a desperado with the interests of the men dressed in black suits, the corporate leaders, the bankers, and their political representatives in Washington.
Hong Kong is, of course, by no means perfect: Mainland China’s politics and habits are slowly infecting the island.
The core values of China’s government are not informed by the humane civility of Tang or Song poets, but by the twisted dialectics of Marxism-Leninism and the amoral militaristic tradition of a party that still cherishes its often brutish and violent habits of governance.
These shifts will accompany rapid industrialization and advances in science and technology (especially information and communications technology), and will transform dietary habits and consumption patterns.
The third challenge is to alter citizens' transport habits.
However, there is now a high risk that Italian politicians will return to their old habits.
Aside from the fact that more serious issues face the French government than the sartorial habits of a small number of women, there is the matter of individual freedom.
It will not be long before old habits – under-invoicing, fake purchase orders and bills, reporting of non-existent transactions, and blatant bribery – generates a new store of black money.
Other steps are needed to create habits of civil diplomacy around hot-button territorial claims.
While Taiwan’s sovereignty dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands (called the Senkaku Islands by the Japanese) – involves non-negotiable claims, the resources surrounding the islands can nevertheless be shared, nurturing habits of closer regional cooperation in the process.
But this role has atrophied with the rising expectation that they should be “normal,” representing their populations’ habits and tastes as closely as possible.
The main enemy lies in deep-seated mentalities, habits, and routines.
Her sudden disappearance has sparked much speculation about the fragility of the “Young General’s” regime; despite her notorious drinking habits, she was widely seen as the power behind Kim Jong-un’s throne.
Leaving aside sex workers who want money because they have expensive drug habits, some could get a job in a factory or a fast-food restaurant.
But old habits die hard.
Revolutionary ruptures upset diplomats’ familiar habits, both in terms of their personal contacts and, more importantly, in terms of their thinking.
Is it more difficult to predict, and adjust to, the coming of a fundamental change, than to defend the present order, under the motto of “the devil you know is always preferable to the devil you don’t know!”But, beyond these mental habits lie more structural reasons for the conservatism of foreign policymakers and diplomats.
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