Word: whim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this time around is as elaborately courteous as the whim-conscious Byrd, famous for sending cars for colleagues who need to get someplace in a hurry. A longtime Byrd supporter said, "If you took a pencil out, he'd sharpen it for you." Inouye is said to have the best shot at Byrd's endorsement if he can show enough solid early support, a rare commodity in a secret ballot, where Senators have been known to make up their minds early, but often...
...many Americans, that is just the problem. The President possesses the constitutional power to pardon whom he will whenever he wishes, and he can exercise that right on either whim or instinct. But should he issue pardons in the Iranscam case at all? And what are the ethics involved...
...passenger train is a democratic institution now, property of the Federal Government. Gone are most of the Woodys, who catered to a passenger's every whim. Gone too are the silver coffeepots, the mahogany walls and chandeliers in the dining cars, and the nurses on board who would look after infants so that Mother could rest. The glamour trains of the early 20th century, the ones that ferried tycoons cross-country, stopping for fresh strawberries along the way, could not compete with the airlines or the new federal highway system. By the end, when Amtrak had to step in, service...
...housing policies are frequently very arbitrary and change from house to house depending on the whim of the individual housing officers. My house has the policy of giving transfer students first priority for available housing. David could transfer to a less-crowded house; I couldn...
...Ching Chen, this year's winner. The Eliot House sophomore says it was almost on a whim that, in the space of two months, she learned Tchaikovsky's long and demanding first piano concerto, which she will play with the HRO at Sanders Theater tonight...