Word: whim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like most men who have explored mystical separate realities and returned, he seems to have reentry problems. According to the books, Don Juan taught him to abandon regular hours ? for work or play ? and even in his apartment in Los Angeles he apparently eats and sleeps as whim occurs, or slips off to the desert. But he often works at his writing as many as 18 hours a day. He has great skill at avoiding the public. No one can be sure where he will be at any given time of day, or year. "Carlos will call...
...convinced that he was actually Henry IV. In order to humor him, his relatives have totally recreated Henry's courts, with servants in medieval dress, oil lamps instead of electric lights, visiting abbots and monks--the works. For twenty years "Henry" orders everybody around, demanding obedience to his every whim. With madness like this, who needs sanity...
...original document effectively severed student actions from both their political context and the question of Administration responsibility. The CRR, operating without students, who had resigned in protest of the Faculty's moves, moved into a position of prominence as almost two hundred students were disciplined at its whim. The Commission, given only advisory powers, was relegated to innocuously investigating matters of little importance...
...built on three great weapons, all inherited from Speakers of the past. First, he controlled all committee assignments. Second, only Cannon could recognize members on the floor. Finally, Cannon was chairman of the Rules Committee, which oversaw the flow of legislation. Both careers and legislation depended on his whim. He was called the "Iron Duke of American politics...
...their own without losing any benefits; last year the cutoff was $1,680. Widows and widowers will henceforth receive the entire amount of benefits due to a deceased spouse, instead of only 82.5% as in the past. And from 1975 on, recipients will no longer be dependent on the whim of Congress for raises in benefits to keep pace with the cost of living. The 3% maximum annual raise in future years will be automatic...