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In the short term, though, the prospects of a business so dependent on the whims of politicians are bound to be uncertain.

This is not bad. The Fish is willing to be a part of your whims and desires, and that makes for a lasting union.

And you know, we've all - especially those of us who drink - have had whims.

Elennor, even then, was not the kind of wife who bowed to her husband's whims, and her husband's whim was to climb a certain mountain.

The Governor, to his credit, refused to bow to this "Arronax's" whims , and told him to get out of his office.

But I have little idea which book is to be read or looked over again at what time. It is completely subject to the whims of the moment.

Anna put up patiently with all her aunt's whims, gradually set to work on her sister's education.

The point of publishers is not, as Connolly implies, about employing "judgments or whims" to choose which manuscripts to publish.

Bow to the whims of an ancient plague, the power to mystify and a cure of your own inner demons.

The fault line between them was drawn by the ability of power to satisfy its whims and ignore the consequences.

One can only shudder at the thought that the humaneness of our societies would depend on the whims of politics, culture or religion.

"The game is extremely vulnerable to the whims and interests of a small number of very rich people, " Professor Cannon adds.

Summer has a tendency to get quickly packed with plans, but it's important to leave yourself time to indulge your whims.

So there's no point trying to forecast Payton's whims, then?

The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.

Rees-Jones was one of 40 security men_ 16-stone nannies hired to guard the Fayed family and pander to their whims.

As captivating as your dominance might be, Viconia, I will not surrender my being to the whims of another again. . . be they God or drow.

And yes, there will eventually be a war if the USA cannot bow to China and her whims because we owe so much money. . .

Your little life of little whims and moods was admirable in its own little sphere.

IF EVER an industry had reason to complain about the whims of the stockmarket, it would be investment banking.

This has fostered the growth of a middle class that wants guarantees that its new assets are safe from the party's whims.

But many of her colleagues accuse America of having pandered to Mr Bakiyev's corrupt and dictatorial whims in exchange for access to Manas.

In practice, of course, farmers will still be hostage to the whims of the collective and its often ugly human faces.

Property rights have become a topic of critical interest to urban residents anxious to protect their new assets from the whims of the state.

You do not, I repeat, do NOT have to cater to the whims of your local PTA.

Their diets vary with the whims of humans, however, and can be supplemented by the cat's own hunting successes.

Of course, this will require that you are completely honest with yourself to avoid "investing" money on short-lived whims or fancies.

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.

They were impotent before ite invincible power, tragic figures subjected to the whims of the gods.

In this matriarchal city, males had a decidedly subservient role, and most answered to the whims of females.

This in turn leads to more mistrust and unrest at the club as the constant revolution of indulgences and whims continues.

The ideas for the bicycles come from a variety of sources, including commercial bikes, historical ones and the inventor's own whims.

What company would absorb the colossal expense of having orders changed at the last second according to customers' shifting whims?

It is the physical manifestation of Heaven on Earth, the realization of our highest good, the actualization of our thoughts and whims.

The era (when) everything goes is now gone forever. (The) government will no longer be run on the whims of individuals.

Partly sheltered from the whims of fickle foreign capital, member states have been under less pressure to shape up.

But he chose a drastic method of staving off wrinkles, a potbelly, the whims of a fickle public.

Migrant workers have built modern Beijing, but their communities are still subject to the whims of development.

That makes the economy less vulnerable to the whims of market speculators who have triggered serious financial crises elsewhere.

Here's the weird thing about breasts: They are a point of obsession, vulnerable to the mercurial whims of mass culture.

Mostly, Arcturus would dismiss the dreams as whims of an overactive imagination.

Without the objective principle, accounting records would be based on whims and options and subject to dispute.

Or does it simply reflect companies catering to the current whims of the public?

In reality, it made no difference to her where she ate, and not at regular hours but according to the whims appetite.

Its deposits still exceed loans made, making it relatively less dependent on the whims of wholesale markets for funding.

but those things outside our power are weak, dependent, or determined by the whims and actions of others.

it is to be financially secure so that I will never have to feel like I am a slave to my job or the whims of my manager.

But, I expect whims of fate consistently, How valuable a life is!

"While women's collections are all different, men's shoes are more about comfort than the whims of fashion, " says Stephen Lachter.

The economy of the game is its own animal and it changes by the whims of the players.

(21)Who suffers by his whims? Himself always.

But that's nothing new: startups always have to adapt to the whims of investors.

On compensation issues in particular, the difficulty of defying his whims drove some good people to make some bad mistakes.

The zone boundaries zigzag capriciously according to the whims of the local population.

[color=#000000]Only English-speakers, it seems, are expected to kowtow to name-changers' whims.

NIH is subject to political whims; some say it should stick to basic research.

Through her, you will need to coordinate the arrival of customers and suit their whims without keeping them waiting too long.

A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of man.

An independent judiciary is one that is not subject to the whims of elected officials.

This concentrate is then further upgraded by use of WHIMS, deslimed, thickened and sent directly to the Bulk Reduction Leach circuit.

You shall learn properly so that you can remain in MY PRESENCE and not turn away at your whims of physical indulgence.

So it is not subject to the whims of foreign investors.

That doesn't mean you become a slave to your followers' whims.

Both he and Emil had been subject to Bomka's whims.

Clothing has always been subject to change based on the dictates of fashion and whims.

No better vantage point to witness his whims, tantrums and other foibles.

But to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature.

This society isn't ruled by law, but by people's whims .

But all these changes depend on the whims of politicians.

But he is the star of the show-within-a-show and so everyone else, including Donaghy, must do their best to indulge his bizarre whims.

A person might find herself having various urges, whims or fleeting emotions, but these are not who she most fundamentally is.

I don't have time to obey all those whims of yours.

Confucius asked not see what it whims ups, added, scallops road left.

We can't just do whatever we want or bend to the whims of the players.

When I am picking a platform to build upon, I want to know it will be around regardless of the whims of a single company.

Baidu has done all it can to comply with the government's whims.

It is a sharp demonstration of the risks of exposing Hong Kong's market to the whims of China's multifarious bureaucracy.

i have not been used to submit to any person s whims

The peg leaves Hong Kong subject to the interest rate whims of the US Federal Reserve.

Catering to the whims of the rich is big business