Word: whim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That sort of defeated the purpose of having many diverse groups," Scanlon says. "It's all up to the whim of nine people who didn't know anything about performing arts...
...That sort of defeated the purpose of havingmany diverse groups," Scanlon says. "It's all upto the whim of nine people who didn't knowanything about performing arts...
...advocating a position on any specific initiative in order to plead for the process: help save this important institution. This year, don't cheer the heavily financed and poorly conceived proposals as models for national reform; first they need to be responsible pieces of legislation and not just whim writ large. California voters should have enough sense to turn down these types of proposals for more serious methods to govern their state--the officials in Sacramento should be called upon to do more for their constituencies. As this election season heats up and the bold positions of the Californian propositions...
...blaming El Nino [VIEWPOINT, Nov. 17]. The potential connection between global warming and the increased frequency of El Ninos in recent decades was taken directly from peer-reviewed scientific articles. Attempts to educate the public about science should be based on true scientific understanding, and not on subjective journalistic whim. ERIC SANFORD, Ph.D. candidate Department of Zoology Oregon State University Corvallis...
...hero! When his car breaks down, Bobby is at the mercy--make that the whim--of "an ignorant, inbred, tumbleweed hick" car mechanic (good ole, evil ole Billy Bob Thornton); a slut-siren (Jennifer Lopez, reeking lubricity) who invites Bobby home and purrs, "I'm tired a hangin' drapes--now what shall we do?"; and her grizzled husband (Nick Nolte in the goat-patriarch mode perfected by John Huston), who has a business proposition for Bobby: Kill my wife, please...