A myth explaining this servitude states that a bear had formed the habit of regularly visiting the town of Brauron, and the people there fed it, so that, over time, the bear became tame.

And Herman's drug habit became public domain: In 1977 for instance the Wild Romance played a gig in a highschool in Almelo, the Christelijk Lyceum ; during the break Brood was caught on the toilet taking heroine or speed ( there are different reports on the type of drug, but it is a wellknown story amongst former students ), the rest of the concert was cancelled, and this also was the last time a rockconcert took place at this school for many years.

He took the habit of the Jesuits in 1547, and became general and one of the most illustrious ornaments of that religious order.

* As mentioned above, a commonly cited explanation is that an item, be it bread or a flat card, etc., would often be placed on top of a drink to protect it from fruit flies ; at some point it became a habit to top this " cover " with a snack.

The President was by habit fiercely loyal and protective to those he befriended and complacently trusted ; effectively reformers who desired integrity in the federal government became hostile to the Administration and caused a party split in 1872.

He had light blue eyes and strongly arched eyebrows ; in later life his beard became scant but his sidewhiskers were luxuriant and he had a habit of rolling his whiskers between his fingers when deep in thought or angry.

These places became common in the 19th century specifically for enjoying caffè, while the habit of caffè drinking at home started at the beginning of the 20th century, when caffettiera machines ( Mokas ) became available to the general public.

Music Hall comedians were in the habit of making fun of the locale in which they appeared and consequently Penge became the butt of many jokes.

The Who's stage act was highly energetic, and Daltrey's habit of swinging the microphone around by its cord on stage became his signature move.

From his habit of shooting the ball from his side, as if he were holding a revolver, Maravich became known as " Pistol " Pete Maravich.

Fonzie had a habit of hitting electrical equipment to make it work, and this became known as the Fonzie touch, a term that is still in use today.

He became a janitor to support himself, and fell into a gambling habit.

In 1838 he received his doctorate, his thesis entitled ' De l ' habitude ' ( On Habit ), which was to become a classic text ( a metaphysical ' poem ' on nature in general apprehended through an intuitive analysis of acquired habit as a particular manifestation of its essential being, much admired by Bergson and Heidegger ), and became professor of philosophy at Rennes.

He later owned a furniture shop, and became known as " the Mad Hatter " from his habit of standing in the door of his shop wearing a top hat.

Over the next few years he became known as ' C ', after his habit of initialing papers he had read with a C written in green ink.

This habit became a custom for later directors, although the C now stands for " Chief ".

All other European jurisdictions having long abolished " marriage by habit and repute ", Scotland became the last to do so in 2006.

At the age of fourteen he received the Benedictine habit in Liessies Abbey in Hainaut, of which he became Abbot in 1530.

Paisa is sometimes referred to as Naya-Paisa, meaning the " new-money " in India, a habit continued from when India became independent — when the new country introduced new currency, people used Naya-Paisa to distinguish it from the old currency.

Further to this performance, success became a habit: more than 30 000 copies of second album Kerua ( and single " Sanomi ") were sold in Belgium ; the CD was released in several European countries, and the concerts are increasing in Belgium and abroad ( Louisiana, The Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Spain …)

With the recommissioning of the American navy in 1794 and the resulting increased firepower on the seas, it became increasingly possible for America to refuse paying tribute, although by now the long-standing habit was hard to overturn.

But in later years their relationship became strained as Mulligan, with considerable effort, would manage to kick his habit, while Baker's addiction would bedevil him professionally and personally almost constantly until his death in 1988.

Famous for his polarizing nature, he was well known for smoking a cigar when he thought a victory was assured, a habit that became, for many, " the ultimate symbol of victory " during his Boston tenure.

What is more, the legends have become so sacrosanct that the very habit of self-examination or self-criticism smells of low treason, and men who practice it are defeatists and unpatriotic scoundrels.

This habit had become so fixed over the years that it seemed futile to do anything for which no one was waiting.

He fell into the habit of putting his clothes in drawers and closets, so his life might impinge as little as possible on hers.

The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained-not a male religious-and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.

The " false head " effect is further reinforced by the bugs ' habit of walking backwards when it detects movement nearby, so as to misdirect predators to strike at its rear, rather than at its actual head.

However, he has a habit of treating his patients in bizarre and often disturbing ways, such as prescribing heroin for a cold, making a man with a headache jump up and down in order to make his penis swing ( while mirroring the patient's bewildered jumping himself ) and making a patient leave and go in to the next room so he can examine him over the telephone.

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

His habit of giving out wares on credit led to the eventual bankrupting of the store, so Baum turned to editing a local newspaper, The Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, where he wrote a column, Our Landlady.

Each monk is to have a separate bed and is to sleep in his habit, so as to be ready to rise without delay early Vigils ; a light shall burn in the dormitory throughout the night.

Even so, according to his doctor friend, Holmes remains an addict whose habit is " not dead, but merely sleeping ".

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

The organisers behind the project work to develop links with school caterers, so that the handling of milk and dairy produce can be improved, and they promote milk consumption and encourage milk drinking to become a habit that will be carried into adulthood.

Beauty is utility, developed in a a manner to which the eye is accustomed by habit, in so far as this development does not detract from its quality of usefullness.

Before the 19th century, nuns took care of sick and injured people so it was obvious that trained lay nurses might copy the nun's habit as they have adopted ranks like " Sister ".

Dirk pays a visit to Kate Schechter ( who had first appeared in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ) and tells her that prior to the potential client, he had been so bored that he had started a habit of dialling his own phone number and discovered he'd answered his own calls.

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!

But the Picayune has a habit of occasionally discovering things that are not so.

However, media reports of the time weren't so optimistic stating that, as neither the Spice Girls nor Take That had survived once they lost a member of their group, it would be difficult for S Club to remain together in an industry which has a " horrible habit of leaving bands in tatters once the first member has left ".

They appear in early Latin as Popolus and Poplus, so the habit of thinking of themselves as free and sovereign was quite ingrained.

The elevation of so many new bishops was probably meant to signal the new king's break with his father's habit of keeping bishoprics empty in order to retain the revenues of the sees.

In Brazil, the African hybrids are known as Assassin Bees, for their habit of taking over an existing hive of European bees ; this habit is most evident when the hive being attacked has a weakened queen, so not all hives are equally vulnerable, and overall rates of hive usurpation can reach 20 %.