Word: veering
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Many men insist that they long to veer off onto a "daddy track." In a 1990 poll by the Los Angeles Times, 39% of the fathers said they would quit their jobs to have more time with their kids, while another survey found that 74% of men said they would rather have a daddy-track job than a fast-track job. But in real life, when they are not talking to pollsters, some fathers recognize the power of their atavistic impulses to earn bread and compete, both of which often leave them ambivalent about their obligations as fathers...
...Another would be the quality of the state's infrastructure. Rajasthan's roads are already among the best in India and an expanding network of highways (as well as train, air and bus routes) promises more opportunities to veer off the beaten path. And for those less able or inclined to spend a fortune on renovated palaces, Rajasthan's tourism board recently put together a list of cheap and comfortable budget hotels in over two dozen cities across the state (see rajasthantourism.gov.in...
Rogen's characters don't veer far from his real personality. In Knocked Up, he plays a stoner who scores a woman way out of his league on a one-night stand and gets her pregnant, and they decide to keep the baby. He's a self-conscious, cerebral John Belushi, constantly apologizing for his oafishness, desperate to be moral and liked. He is what optimists hoped Jim Belushi would...
...renowned antiques dealer for over 20 years, gave up her city shop when it became tiresome not being able to see the treasures she had collected. Now they are grouped like exquisite Dutch Old Master still lifes in this home where she and her partner, Narda van't Veer, one of Holland's leading photo agents, live and work (they lease out the land for others to farm). "I like it this way, although the chandelier should be bigger," says Ravestijn, gesturing upwards. A larger one was taken down and sold the day before...
...Winthrop ain’t nothing to fuck with.” While hardly lyrical genius, the design has some merits: It doesn’t feature a penis, or penis-shaped object. In several houses, previous designs and current proposals have shown a distinct tendency to veer towards the phallic in their attempt to inspire house pride. Mather house, for example, last year clothed its troops in a design featuring the blockish Mather Tower in a phallic shape with the witty shibboleth, “Nice Unit,” underneath. This trend is perhaps understandable. As feminist thinker...