Word: whim
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...work himself into a lather of pessimism and rage at environmental abuses, yet he is personally content, and he has good reason. His Wyoming house, about a mile from where we are fishing, is one of his three residences. The other two are on the California coast. On a whim, he can board a plane to British Columbia in search of brown trout and steelheads. Having accumulated a fortune, "I do what I want to do," he says. He wishes the same for his employees, who often refer to his "Let my people go surfing" speech, in which he told...
Indeed between all the cards currently in his wallet, Rodney says he has more than $8,000 in available credit--enough to buy a used car or a brand new wardrobe on a whim...
Fighting panic, the Powers of the Dem-ocratic Party try to think of a Republican nominee Al Gore might actually beat in 2000. A vision of the Republican primary campaign appears before them: George W. Bush defects to Cuba. Elizabeth Dole, purely on a whim, drops out to run a bed-and-breakfast in Mendocino County, Calif. With the rest of the field in disarray, Gary Bauer squeaks through in California to take the nomination. Greatly relieved by that vision, the Powers of the Democratic Party get out of bed and go out to raise more money for Al Gore...
...early years, Radcliffe--through Comstock's tenure--was subject to Harvard's whim, each year having to commission professors to re-teach their courses to the ladies across the Common...
Well, that's what Pat joked he wanted for the title, and after such an uplifting, euphoric concert, how could I refuse this man's even slightest whim...