11.   Lately he has acquired the habit of climbing to the top of his silo and taking snapshots.

12.   People remain cynical -- in particular about whether Arafat, as the governor of a territory, can shed the autocratic habits he acquired as a guerrilla leader.

13.   Brazilians acquired the habit of using lots of checks during the days of hyperinflation.

14.   McCurry has acquired the habit of occasionally opening briefings with a humorous anecdote from a distant land.

15.   In the Soviet Union, income tax was deducted at source, and Russians have been slow to acquire the habit of filling in tax forms.