Word: wanderluster
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...cousin, Isabel, in 1893 lasted only two years. He then married his mistress, Amy Robbins, and soon asked her to "accept" his promiscuous ways with other women. She accepted it, but certainly Wells's life was profoundly affected by his short-term infatuations. The MacKenzies explore his wanderlust as one of his deep-seeded conflicts between rationalism and irrationalism--and this seems to make a great deal of sense. Wells always saw in science both a new order that would prove mankind's salvation and the apocalyptic reaper...
...pretty obvious, and Francis goes on to other things. Alas for faithful readers, the book offers a big scene in the bowels of a gold mine, dull exposition on how gold is obtained from rock, and some chatter about the racial question that makes one hope that wanderlust never leads Francis to a Navajo reservation...
...peasant stock in a society that has raised silken circumspection to an ethic. For all his swashbuckling, Osano's greatest assets are a prodigious capacity for work and an instinct for the well-timed business deal. For example, he was early in spotting his countrymen's wanderlust, and even before Japanese tourists began rushing to Hawaii, he invested in hotels there and planes that fly there...
...occur, 26 swarms of African bees accidentally escaped, mated with native bees, flourished and spread. The offspring, known as Brazilian honey bees, are precisely what Kerr wanted to avoid; they have inherited none of the redeeming qualities of European bees, while keeping the African strain's viciousness and wanderlust. As a result, according to a report recently released jointly by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, they have taken over an area from Argentina's temperate pampas to the Amazon's tropical forests...
...prospect of higher prices has not quenched Americans' wanderlust. Last year close to 3,000,000 Americans visited Europe, and travel-industry leaders expect about a 10% gain this year. For those who do go, moneymen offer some advice for stretching dollars. First, carry traveler's checks, which command a better exchange rate than cash does. Second, convert money at banks, which pay more for dollars than hotels do. Finally, pay immediately for foreign purchases rather than charge them. If the value of the dollar weakens further, the bill, when finally presented, may well be higher than expected...