None of those hits were by Alex Rodriguez, whose penchant for theater set up a dramatic moment, if not ending.
Mr. Madigan, whose penchant for power appears to exceed any love of policy, runs rings around Mr. Quinn.
The Yankees, for example, have to neutralize Edgardo Alfonzo, whose penchant for driving in big runs has become well known.
That disposition is shared by her family members, whose penchant for dark humor is evident in the blithe dinner table conversations they have about life insurance policies.
The book and film have been marketed with the promise of revelations about Mr. Salinger, whose penchant for privacy became a hallmark.
The comedian Mort Sahl, whose penchant for social commentary Mr. Carlin came to share, dubbed them "a duo of hip wits".
His work was also closely associated with top designers, like Yves Saint Laurent, whose penchant for tight, wide-shouldered suits and long-legged models suited him.
In some ways, Jackson's philosophy has achieved the impossible: mellowing West, whose penchant for taking the game home with him has often tested him physically.
"Ten Benny" tells the story about a young shoe salesman with big dreams and bigger debts, whose penchant for gambling runs him afoul of some minor gangsters.
There are also the lesser-known champions of culture, like Lucille Nance, whose penchant for collecting historical art, in particular 18th-century Rococo, is presented in the exhibition "Collecting Art History: Taste on the Southern Plains".
Eddie Yost, a durable and reliable third baseman for three American League teams whose penchant for garnering bases on balls earned him the nickname the Walking Man, died on Tuesday in Weston, Mass.
