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He was a wiry, red-haired man with piercing blue eyes and a penchant for grandiose schemes.

Despite the cutthroat nature of the Indian media and its penchant for the sensational, the press has behaved as if it were in an older era.

Most alluring as. . . Gotta be Edward Cullen, with all that restrained passion and the penchant for melting glances.

And a new study shows that our penchant for the more vertically inclined might have an evolutionary basis.

"I don't mind that people think of me like that, " the 75-year-old man says of his penchant for dating younger woman.

Ibrahim Rugova, the head of the shadow government, was a soft-spoken man with a penchant for wearing a scarf around his neck.

My dad had a penchant for buying books. But there was a limited number of so-called "orthodox" books put in the bookcase.

He has no time for the theoretical economists' penchant for "efficient" balance sheets that lead companies to insolvency in recessions.

Naturally, not everyone among them is, but these peoples do seem to share a penchant for orderliness and punctuality.

A pirate and smuggler, Baba was an obnoxious miscreant with a penchant for fisticuffs.

But Bryant's penchant for abandoning his man and chasing the ball on defense, could easily provide Miller with plenty of open shots.

The last chapter, as is Coupland's penchant, was an index of different zeitgeist terms.

The FSF has a penchant for puns, and this one seemed appropriate, I suppose. The name predates my involvement.

They argue that mankind's prehistoric penchant for mammoth may have had a discernible effect on climate.

Mrs Clinton's penchant for spicy food is reportedly so notorious that flight stewards bring jalapeno slices to her with every dish.

On the strength of his avowed penchant for philosophical thought, they decided that he was a genius.

His penchant for earmarks eventually led to political trouble as the process became increasingly unpopular with the public.

This urban center of the Mississippi culture had organized leadership, commerce and a penchant for mound-building.

During PGDBA, I developed a strong penchant for quantitative-oriented subjects like Portfolio theory, Derivatives and International Finance.

But is our penchant for political pining expansive enough to encompass someone as seemingly irredeemable as, say, George W. Bush?

Kennedy's penchant for Churchillian stands distinguished him from many Congressional Democrats in the postwar era.

The Viennese penchant for ensuring that their stomachs are well looked after is reflected in the great number of eating establishments.

Their Gifts are a byproduct of their penchant for visions and riddles, as well as outgrowths of their pursuit of non-lethal combat methods.

Henning Ludvigsen is Norwegian digital artist with a penchant for artistic creation and a love for all things fantasy.

It's up to you to discover what her ears have a penchant for.

His penchant for casual clothes, coupled with a buzz cut and a daily swimming regimen, make him seem 20 years younger.

She added that the queen had a penchant for standing out from the crowd using a very simple but effective tool.

One thing she certainly hasn't admitted to is, according to Morton at least, is an alleged penchant for married or attached men.

Its ruling spirits combine a penchant for micro and industrial policies that destroy jobs with an espousal of deflationary macro policies.

The appeal of the Duchess of Cambridge, a photogenic pin-up with a well-judged penchant for British designers.

MF Global had a penchant for placing concentrated bets using unhealthy leverage levels supported by inadequate capital.

You may have a penchant for scrubbing your teeth with a stiff-bristle toothbrush; however, this habit can be tough on teeth and gums.

The Juventus man has hinted at his penchant for the Azzurri, and his ambitions could be fulfilled.

When Homo sapiens evolved on the African Savannah, the ones with a penchant for trying new horizons prospered.

So perhaps it's not surprising that Nicolas Sarkozy wants to export the French penchant for the good life to the rest of the world.

For all his tomfoolery, the big cat does have a naughty streak and a penchant for eating sofas.

Penchant for food and alcohol: Likely contributing to his obesity was Cleveland's love for rich food and beer.

Fans of courtly drama and political intrigue, and those with a penchant for dioramas are sure to have a good time.

He built his foundation on the promise of life-saving vaccines, reflecting his penchant toward finding technological solutions to problems.

Many foreigners are offended by the North American penchant for jumping in to fill any gaps in a conversation.

His rubbery look, and penchant for wild and extreme behavior has given him a notoriety he delights in.

Just as pertinently, Beijing's penchant for sabre-rattling is not cost free.

penchant: A definite liking; a strong inclination.

With his astonishingly long beard, wiry frame and penchant for bold and cutting proclamations, de Grey is a magnet for controversy.

In fact you, will discover from history that every generation has its prophecies from people with a penchant for predictions.

Lula had a penchant for embracing dictators, from Cuba's Fidel Castro to Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Politicians, public health experts and social reformers were alarmed by what they saw as immigrants' penchant for highly seasoned cooking.

Given his penchant for fast motorbikes (he owns a Kawasaki), Valentino Rossi may have been more apt.

But bankers are more sanguine about prospects, expounding a faith in the industry's penchant for reinvention.

Collecting books is a good penchant. In Suzhou were left substantial numbers of private books preserving libraries.

With Hallowe'en this weekend, Edinburgh's darker side is a draw for anyone with a penchant for the macabre.

As dismaying as the psychotic penchant for very small dogs is, a coming penchant for very small robot dogs will be even worse.

Some fresh- men complain about his penchant for making commitments that he then may abandon with little notice.

Man sees work as beneficial to his being, but his fervor reveals his penchant for evil.

This film demonstrated his fine-tuned ear for working class dialects and penchant for deftly crafted plots centered in the criminal world.

As a painter, he showed a penchant for formal figures suddenly released from all constraints.

Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chairman, is known for his penchant for acquiring family-owned firms.

Rich in oil and conservative in outlook, its rulers have viewed Dubai's penchant for frolic and folly with distaste and occasional envy.

Asians have long had a penchant for luxury and conspicuous consumption.

It was this performance, not his penchant for haiku poetry, that impressed other EU leaders.

The legendary Italian singer has a penchant for "Rigoletto, " a masterpiece of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

Agricultural officials had hoped the new variety would tap into the country's traditional penchant for high-grade rice.

Like America, China can still display a penchant for unilateralism that undermines all its careful diplomacy.

For Barack Obama's detractors, the incident perfectly captured the new president's penchant for style over substance.

American pragmatism produces a penchant for examining issues separately.

He could be time consuming with his penchant for anecdotes.

Yes, basketball superstar Dennis Rodman has a penchant for wearing nail polish, makeup, and ladies' undies.

He often worried Frances (his adoptive mother) with his penchant for trance-like daydreams.

Amid all of these 21st-century trends, Chinese entrepreneurs share one key trait with their predecessors: a penchant for hard work.

It is widely believed that the Peugeot family tired of Mr Streiff's autocratic ways and penchant for confrontation.

Reno also has a penchant for gossiping and is a competent helicopter pilot.

After all you're a good 30 feet in length and you have a penchant for materializing out of any body of water , no matter how small.

When Homo sapiens evolved onthe African Savannah, the ones with a penchant for trying new horizonsprospered.

Given Talzin's penchant for long-term planning, she may have been concocting this scheme since that day.

He also had a penchant for biographical parts, winning an Oscar for "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936).

Ms McLean and Mr Nocera, who write for Vanity Fair and the New York Times, have reporters' penchant for detail.

Inorganic materials though, such as crystalline silicon, work on low power but have the penchant to be inflexible and prone to snapping.

Owner Zhang Yinde says her hen is perfectly ordinary, apart from its penchant for stealing dog food.

Mr Kim has a penchant for shark fin soup and reportedly ordered McDonalds hamburgers from Beijing.

So our hand preference, and our penchant for speech, may extend deep into our evolutionary past.

He had a penchant for profanity-laced tirades.

The strip pokes fun at Mr Putin's judo hobby and Mr Medvedev's penchant for technological gadgets.

Reason for fear: Bush's Western attire and penchant forclearing brush on his Texas ranch helped him cultivate a Reaganesque cowboy image.

Young Indians have a penchant for browsing marriage sites in search of a good match.

The strip pokes fun at Putin's judo hobby and Medvedev's penchant for technological gadgets.

With their penchant for gadgets and accessories Aquarius may use a harness or electronic devices for extra stimulation.

He found props in sex shops and developed a penchant for strong leggy women.

Perhaps Beckham is heeding Churchill, who had a penchant for pigs.

There is also reason to think that our penchant for makingunhealthy choices might be enhanced by the abundance of particularfoods.

Van Rompuy, 62, is a technocrat with a penchant for haiku poetry.

Still, Facebook may have a powerful force on its side: Japanese consumers' penchant for all things new.

But given the central bank's reputation penchant for secrecy, it is difficult to imagine a market-moving shift into gold.

India, like China, has a penchant for Soviet-style economic planning.

It lacks focus and structure apart from a penchant for Austro-German art.

Neocons dislike his penchant for doing business with China.

Prosecution lawyers claim he has a penchant for guns and violence towards women who spurned him.

But the real secret to Buffett's personal fortune may be his penchant for frugality.

In painful retrospect, it can be said that Dominic Cinelli had a penchant for crime.

Most emerging countries have a penchant for highly diversified conglomerates.

There is a cultural element to this penchant for mismanaging crisis.

Reason for fear: Bush's Western attire and penchant for clearing brushon his Texas ranch helped him cultivate a Reaganesque cowboy image.

Your penchant for variety and need for constant stimulation often finds you the strangest bedfellows.

What Andrew was unaware of was Gaddafi's penchant for young women - many of whom were his bodyguards, according to Faisal.

They have an equal and opposite penchant for conspiracy theories.

The brain also has a penchant for symmetry.

Hitting the ski slopes? Have a penchant for getting lost?

Young people, nicknamed the "Coupon Generation" for their penchant to clip coupons, are obsessed with e-retailers such as Taobao and 360buy.

Combine this with C's penchant for short, cryptic variable names, and you have a recipe for disaster.

But again, the imbalances are bilateral and we can't overlook our own penchant to overspend, overconsume, and overborrow.

If you've got a penchant for all things phallic then Occidental College is the place to study.

They are the latest manifestation of Hong Kong's penchant for holding foreign currencies to maximize returns.

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penchant: a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something

gather Penchant A definite liking; a strong inclination

Bush mentioned Rumsfeld's penchant for turning a phrase in praising him

penchant n. strong inclination; liking

A personal inclination or eccentricity; a penchant or flaw

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