Word: drift
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...divorce. A majority of Richardson's women had been married once and had had affairs with older men, often a mentor or a boss. A few entered into affairs cynically to get ahead at the office. Others wanted to experiment sexually with a disposable partner. But most seemed to drift into sexual relationships with a man they had previously pigeonholed as a friend, not a lover. By convincing themselves that the man would somehow remain merely a friend, these women even managed to gloss over sexual intercourse. The first act of sex, Richardson writes, can be rationalized as "a temporary...
...BEAUMONT VINEYARDS: Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm?a former Dutch East India Co. outpost?this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty?a woody ambrosia bursting with honey, apple and apricot notes...
...across the Alps. Winemaker Peter Finlayson has composed this wine with 43% Sangiovese, 23% Pinot Noir, 12% Nebbiolo, 11% Syrah, 6% Mourvedre and 5% Barbera grapes. The result is rich and complex, giving a concentrated, dark fruit nose, but a surprisingly gentle finish. BEAUMONT VINEYARDS Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm - a former Dutch East India Co. outpost - this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty - a woody ambrosia bursting...
...history of scoffing at big, implausible ideas that ultimately turned out to be correct: the assertion that the Earth orbits the sun, the idea that brain-wasting diseases are caused by misshapen proteins, the proposition that hand washing can prevent doctors from transmitting disease, the claim that continents can drift across the surface of the world--all these and more were scorned at first...
...trip down the yellow brick road than an accurate interpretation of events. While we are delighted to have the new Governor, his election and that of the Democratic legislature had more to do with a rejection of the abysmal record of the past Governor and legislature than a drift to the left. Most Montana Democrats and Bozeman Ph.D.s still hate wolves, taxes and all forms of government, and still like to cut down trees, dig up mountains and race snowmobiles through national parks. Montana has about as much chance of turning blue as Utah...