Word: wayward
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...moment before inching past me. Then, without warning, it drifted left, towards me, and for the first time in my life, my unfortunate and paranoid tendency to drive with one hand hovering over the car horn actually came in handy. I let loose with a nice, long warning. The wayward car drifted away from me, back into its lane. Then, just as suddenly, it eased over to its right, only to be greeted with a similar cacophony from cars in that lane...
...plays of Carlo Goldoni and Luigi Pirandello, as six characters in search of adventure entangle themselves in a buoyant comedy of manners. At 73, Rivette seems younger, lither than ever. His new film seduces viewers into the belief that nothing has deeper meaning or feeling, or danger, than the wayward heart at play...
...useful stuff, this location-pinpointing technology. A GPS-aided map could have saved me hours in that company car I drove so cluelessly around town when I was using it for work (before I hijacked it). GPS is already helping thousands of Japanese keep track of elderly parents, wayward toddlers and straying pets. Next year-who knows? - it could help an awkward, well-meaning member of Generation Y more satisfactorily establish whether that brooding soccer-playing kid really is her soul mate...
...Stopping Cancer In Its Tracks New discoveries about wayward genes and misbehaving proteins show how cells become malignant ? and perhaps how to bring them under control April 25, 1994 Read the Cover Story...
Chronic myeloid leukemia is one of those rare cancers that occur as the result of a single genetic accident--in this case, a mutation that causes blood cells to multiply uncontrollably. Gleevec works by blocking the chemical signal responsible for that wayward growth...