• He maintains that the magazine does not make a habit of passing off the material of other outlets as its own.

    FORBES: Rolling Stone and Michele Bachmann: Lazy, but Not Plagiarism

  • But you can sense the doomy drops off the inky edges, and the corners have a nasty habit of tightening at the last moment.

    BBC: In search of the perfect road in Mallorca

  • We tend to manage what we measure, and by identifying a specific bedtime, you might find yourself developing the habit of turning off the light earlier.

    FORBES: Give Yourself A Bedtime

  • And once people get into the habit of doing things off the books, the road to perdition is wide open.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • He is not a team man, and has a disarming habit of making impulsive, off-the-cuff sallies which look only slightly better in opposition than they would in office.

    ECONOMIST: Is a Czech era ending?

  • Most of these nations have had a long-standing habit of putting off real reform by taking the drug of currency devaluation.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • Now the problem opinion people like yourself and many others have especially with the idea that our national debt could be paid off with the coin is that you have stuck with the institution (habit of thought) that says that we need to get our fiscal house in order.

    FORBES: Platinum Coin? Grow Up.

  • Really, the only thing that tips you off about his scarier side is a habit he has, one you'll see a lot of if you spend any time in Compton, of jerking his head around reflexively to scope out any car that even starts to come down his street.

    NPR: Terror, Hope on the Streets of Compton, Part 1

  • So ingrained is the British habit of having fun at French expense that it occasionally rubs off even on Mr Fenby, despite, or perhaps because of, a close personal involvement.

    ECONOMIST: If in doubt, bash the French

  • High oil prices, a heavy dose of government largesse and the gathering interest among consumers and politicians in weaning America from its petroleum habit have combined to set off a craze for ethanol among investors--from BillGatesBill Gates and Richard Branson on down.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • As Americans kick the smoking habit, investors in these securities may take the hit as dwindling cigarette sales cause payments to fall off a cliff.

    FORBES: Bondholders Likely to Suffer From States' Tobacco-Funding Addiction

  • Ponting has a nasty habit of getting off to an absolute flyer in Ashes series, making centuries in his first knock of the series in 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2009.

    BBC: Ashes: Can England win down under?

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