Word: whims
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...nothing indicates that public support for the war is a whim. Having been chastised in the past for the restlessness and impatience with which | their nation conducts its affairs, the majority of Americans seem to regard the battle as a duty that must be borne. There is little war fever that could turn into panic in the face of a temporary setback. If the public changes its mind, it would be only after the war bogged down in an inconclusive quagmire...
...mansion in Ann Arbor, Mich., which he had intended to be the keystone in a development of exceedingly expensive mansions designed by eminent architects. The pizza tycoon, who is shifting his attention toward charitable works, felt he could no longer justify spending so much on a personal whim. Said he: "I began thinking, 'My gosh, am I building this out of pride, or what?' " Humility has its limits: he plans to keep his multimillion-dollar auto collection...
...operation so vividly bungled in the best-selling The Russia House (1989). That fiasco was not Ned's fault, to be sure, but he has been punished by his Service superiors anyhow, unplugged from the power loop and farmed out to teach spycraft to young recruits. On an inspired whim, Ned manages to lure his old mentor, George Smiley, out of retirement to spend an evening talking with these students. As the legendary Smiley reminisces aloud about the past history of the Service, Ned finds himself privately doing the same...
...umbrella covered non-Kuwaitis almost as well as it protected the natives. Expatriates could prosper, and many did. But everything about the rest of a foreigner's life in Kuwait was demonstrably second class. As naturalization was almost impossible, an expatriate's stay in the country depended on the whim of his employer. Noncitizens could be deported without recourse, and they frequently were when economic demand slackened or political crisis threatened. Foreigners could not own homes or land. Those who worked for the government were eligible for subsidized housing. Those employed in the private sector were forced to find lodgings...
...occasion was the Harvard-Yale weekend a cappella concert involving two Harvard groups--the Dins and the Pitches--and two groups from Yale--the Whiffenpoofs and the Whim N' Rhythm...