Call it a crazy bad habit, I watch the financial news channels a fair amount.
Probably most if not all of us have encouraged somebody else to break a bad habit.
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This rule is that a bad habit, or a bad reflex, cannot be undone all at once.
How, then, can we fulfill our sometimes-unpleasant New Year's resolutions, such as losing weight or kicking a bad habit?
And they have a bad habit of approving giveaways to public employee unions.
"It's a bad habit, " Ms. Feldman, 45, joked of the couple's book collecting.
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But the first step is to be aware of the bad habit and to acknowledge that you have a problem!
If a company has a bad habit of paying out dividends that exceed earnings, you will see it in this chart.
But the inclination to subsidize inputs (in particular, fertilizer) could prove to be a bad habit that is very tough to break.
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Second, as we noted above, Palm users sometimes have a bad habit of leaving their handhelds in places where they're out of reach.
Local governments have gotten into the bad habit of condemning private property--not for "public use, " such as building highways or schools, but for thebenefit of private developers.
The same holds true when it comes to behavior - by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.
That's one bad habit you get into when you've been in the Senate you can dish it out but sometimes it's a little more difficult to take it.
From a risk management standpoint, giving up over a 10% gain is a bad habit to develop if you want to make money over the long haul.
Local governments have gotten into the bad habit of condemning private property--not for "public use, " such as building highways or schools, but for the benefit of private developers.
When he asked why, he discovered that he had a bad habit of which he was not consciously aware of making fun of people for making mistakes.
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Similarly, he adds, children who eat dinner at the table with their family aren't eating in front of the TV, a bad habit that often leads to less mindful eating and doesn't teach children how to regulate their food intake.
But psychiatry as a field has been skeptical of the idea of people being addicted to behaviors, because there is not proof that a bad habit is the same kind of biological issue as a dependence on alcohol, nicotine, or heroin.
Consistent with this, there is a case for restrictions on the way in which cigarettes are advertised and sold: because cigarettes are addictive and dangerous, children are at risk of being hooked by a bad habit before they are old enough to make a reasoned calculation of the odds.
Mr McFarlane, from Stonehouse, said Mr Kane had a bad drug habit and bought more than any of his other customers.
But Dell still clings to the bad old habit of loading in software you may not want, for which it presumably gets paid.
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And if you have such a bad cutting habit just for coffee, what other cutting are you doing in the rest of your life?
We have a chance to not only shine a light on a bad Washington habit that wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, but take a step towards restoring public trust.
But another bad retirement savings habit can't be so easily blamed on the recession: Workers continue to have too much invested in their employers' stock.
Like smoking itself, the bonds may become habit-forming and bad for your long-term health.
In typical German fashion, Mr Klinsmann is not being criticised for being a bad coach, but rather for insisting on living in California and simply jetting in for matches, a habit that some say is weakening his team.
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