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  • I think there was rumours of a drinking problem, and a penchance for "loose women".

    wendchymes Diary Entry wendchymes 2007

  • Pelosi RIGHT now is just another noisy nuisance naysayer with an irritating penchance for asserting part of the Constitution is off the table.

    Power of the People Moves Corporate Media to Do the Right Thing 2007

  • While I do not share their penchance for endless self-rumination, I suppose it is fitting that I am given the last word.

    8/31/03 I'd like to take 2003

  • While I do not share their penchance for endless self-rumination, I suppose it is fitting that I am given the last word.

    8/26/03 Hello. You have heard 2003

  • Or it might be "Southpointe" - it's impossible to tell with the New South's penchance for ludicrous anglophile apartment names.

    9/15/02 Ever fascinated with this 2002

  • Or it might be "Southpointe" - it's impossible to tell with the New South's penchance for ludicrous anglophile apartment names.

    9/30/02 Day 2 of our 2002

  • But Terreblanche's penchance for riding a horse in public led to humiliation in 1992 when he fell off his steed during a right-wing parade.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • Terreblanche's penchance for riding a horse in public led to widespread humiliation when he fell off his steed during a right-wing parade in 1992.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

  • Imagine that! terrydenver wrote: Given the well documentend penchance that a lot of Catholic Priests have for young boys and children, I wonder, if as part of their moral grand-standing, the new owners of this medical facility will offer a special rate for treatment of child molestors hiding behind the guise of Catholic Priesthood?

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • But Terreblanche's penchance for riding a horse in public led to humiliation in 1992 when he fell off his steed during a right-wing parade.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

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