RTS games make a habit of giving a vehicle a " health bar " that generally allows it to survive even powerful single shots, but each hit reduces its health by some amount, allowing a high volume of rifle fire to knock out a well armored tank.

The American services, with the exception of the U. S. Navy, were not generally in the habit of giving aircraft names, and many British-chosen names would later be adopted ; e. g. the North American P-51 Mustang began life as the North American Mustang Mk. I with the RAF.

Wisden observed that Hobbs frequently tired during longer innings and often tried to get out soon after reaching three figures ; this habit of giving up his innings continued throughout the remainder of his career.

Most damning of all, a full set of minutes of National Front Directorate meetings from late 1979 to the 1986 " Third Way " versus " Flag Group " split, deposited by former NF leader Patrick Harrington in the library of the University of Southampton, revealed that during the party's post-1979 wilderness years it was in the habit of " tipping off the reds " in the hope of giving its activities greater credibility with the public, through being attended by hordes of angry protestors.

Claire's peculiar habit of giving each of her husbands ( except for the first ) and each of her employees rhyming nicknames suggests that she is systematically dehumanizing everyone around her.

He had a habit of giving his agents personal gifts before they departed for their missions.

The poet Ogden Nash observed the following about Laemmle's habit of giving his son and nephews the top executive positions in his studios:

Menudo, for example, was derived from the habit of the Spaniards of giving the slaves cows ' intestines.

He was readily identifiable by the silk neckscarf that he wore as a display of oppression in Kosovo and was known for his habit of giving visitors samples from his rock collection.

These birds are very common near towns and cities particularly in northern India and are well known for their habit of moving in groups giving them the local name of " Sath Bhai " which means seven brethren but translated by the English in India to " Seven sisters ".

* Generosity, the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return

The German fleet was in the habit each day of wirelessing the exact position of each ship and giving regular position reports when at sea.

But Fletcher has a habit of giving precedence to his job, breaking promises to Max and his ex-wife Audrey ( Maura Tierney ), and then lying about the reasons.

* You must form the habit of concentration by giving your undivided attention to but one task at a time.

Slaughter, the latter of which DX made a particular habit of humiliating by giving him the nickname Sgt.

Before he died tragically, mentally deranged and attended by nurses, Northcliffe was already exhibiting some of Copper's eccentricities — his megalomania, his habit of giving ridiculous orders to underlings.

The history of the Carmelite habit and legislation and discussion relating to it within the Order during that time span, do not mention nor seem to imply a tradition about the Blessed Virgin giving the Scapular to the Carmelites, nor do the notable Carmelite writers of the 14th century, such as John Baconthorpe, mention the scapular.

Telstar Records went bankrupt in 2004, largely due to the company's habit of giving large advances to artists such as Claire Sweeney, Victoria Beckham and Rosie Ribbons who failed to make them any money.

After giving the example of habit of female spider it has been told:

Within the kingdom, Hugh intensified his existing habit of giving any available offices or lands to relations, including his numerous legitimate and illegitimate progeny, and a small circle of old and trusted friends.

( A philanthropic lady was in the habit of giving Sunday dinner to the student with the highest marks that week.

The pair have died frequently, usually thanks to their habit of reviewing the works of a reformed-violent-criminal-turned-artist, giving tactless negative reviews and then coming to a brutal end at the hands of the artist in question.

He learned here about the sea and navigation along with his most notable habit, of chewing tobacco, giving him the nickname " Baccy Ismay ".

He stated: " Boxing started off as a habit and it ended up giving me some money and making me a little bit of a better person.

While they were away Blanche came into the office every morning, running things as she had always run them for Stanley, going through the week in a dazed stupor, getting things done automatically, out of habit.

I tried to believe that what must have happened was that, restless, disturbed by this telephone call or whatever, she walked out in the night, as she had a habit of doing.

More and more frequently can the American habit of having men dressed as Święte Mikołaje at malls to hear out children's requests be observed in Poland.

" The law was soon disregarded and some actors continued to make their own changes up until about 200 BC, after which the habit dies out.

His habit of accompanying the scores of his compositions with all kinds of written remarks was now well established so that a few years later he had to insist that these not be read out during performances

Stewart Granger was the front runner for a period of time, but he backed out when he was unable to adjust to Cukor's habit of acting out scenes as a form of direction.

Lovecraft was also influenced by authors such as Gertrude Barrows Bennett ( who, writing as Francis Stevens, impressed Lovecraft enough that he publicly praised her stories and eventually " emulated Bennett's earlier style and themes "), Oswald Spengler, Robert W. Chambers ( writer of The King in Yellow, of whom Lovecraft wrote in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith: " Chambers is like Rupert Hughes and a few other fallen Titans — equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of the habit of using them ").

In fact Herodotus was in the habit of seeking out information from empowered sources within communities, such as aristocrats and priests, and this also occurred at an international level, with Periclean Athens becoming his principal source of information about events in Greece.

A Danish town in England often had, as it principal officers, twelve hereditary ‘ law men .’ The Danes introduced the habit of making committees among the free men in court, which perhaps made England favorable ground for the future growth of the jury system out of a Frankish custom later introduced by the Normans .”

His frequent habit of sneaking out of the Vatican late at night to walk the streets of the city of Rome earned him the nickname " Johnny Walker ", a pun on the whisky brand name.

A biofeedback headband or biofeedback device may be worn at night to help patients train themselves out of the para-functional habit of nighttime clenching and grinding ( bruxism ).

The independent Fitch Ratings credit-rating agency downgraded the city of Chicago's bond rating in August 2010, citing the Daley administration ’ s habit of drawing on reserve funds for general operating expenses and underpaying its pension funds since well before the recession started, and pointed out the city lacks a plan for developing new revenue and faces a rising tide of fixed operating costs.

Of the many instances of racing drivers assuming false names, two more are Louis Krages, who raced under the name " John Winter " to keep his mother from finding out about his " habit ", and former F1 driver Jean Alesi.

After the Second Vatican Council, however, " that habit of unthinkingly hurling accusations of heresy at Protestants pretty much died out ".

Lawyers however continue to so address judges – partly out of entrenched habit and partly out of fear of falling in disfavour with them.

As the story goes, he had a habit of reaching out and grabbing things, and on doing so his mother Virginia would say, " Spanky, spanky, mustn't touch!

When negotiations reached a stalemate, Clemenceau had a habit of shouting at the other heads of state and storming out of the room rather than participating in further discussion.

The latter film introduced Nipp's habit of physically abusing Mickey, here by stretching out Mickey's nose to a ridiculous length.

Among friends of equal social status, it is not necessary to use both hands while pouring or receiving a drink, but may be done out of habit or politeness, or if the situation is considered a particularly formal one.

By exploiting Louis's habit of dropping his left hand low after a jab, Schmeling handed Louis his first professional loss by knocking him out in Round 12 at Yankee Stadium on June 19, 1936.

The first is the general observation that scribes tended to add words, for clarification or out of habit, more often than they removed them.