Word: whim
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...vast majority of the routines were material that I had already,” he says. “I just entered on a whim, thinking hey, it’d be cool to get a free trip to [the world championships in] London...
...Some people say that by putting an end to early action, Harvard will open floodgates to people who are applying on a whim “because it’s Harvard.” But when these people get in—as they frequently do—it is because they deserve to do so. Everyone praises Harvard “for the students.” But what makes Harvard’s students so great is that they are in many ways a cross-section of the larger world. They are normal people who happen...
Amram and Zelikman are too cynical to take up anything resembling a cause, but on a whim and for the promise of gold, they undertake restoring to the throne a deposed princeling named Filaq. This involves much swordplay, thieving of horses, charging of war elephants, lodging of arrows in throats and so forth. There's virtually no line in this book that isn't typical of the whole, so this one will serve: "She flung herself onto the Turkoman's back and with the rank bacon smell of his oiled hair in her nostrils bit off his ear, a salt...
...whether Musharraf could run for office while serving in the military, critics fear martial law could follow if he is declared ineligible. They are also troubled by Bhutto's failure to negotiate the repeal of a constitutional provision that lets the President dissolve the Parliament at whim...
...After all these years, to come back on a whim and win the nationals like that, it’s a sense of satisfaction, a sense of relief, finally achieving a longtime goal that’s been hanging over my head for a while...