The paper is based on a measurement that's often little better than a whim created by an obstetric culture that was (and sometimes still is) steeped in the idea that women's bodies don't work, and which has the language to prove it: "incompetent cervix", "failure to progress", "lack of maternal effort".
One almost has the feeling about Pompadour that some consortium of fairies decided, on a bet or whim, to create an ideal feminine specimen as their plaything, investing a human doll with their own attributes for the purpose of seeing how far that endowment would take her in the world, and what she would do with it.
And the board, an opaque and irascible outfit, is only ever a whim away from creating tumult.
To wrap around the user and bend to their whims to create a unique experience.
On the Tibetan Plateau, where a whim of nature created the highest points on Earth, many of the world's major rivers are born.
To do this, you can start creating pages on a whim and produce a random collection of photographs mounted on paper, or you can take the more effective approach and plan out a theme to your album.
Treating animals like commodities and creating them to satisfy the whims of what makes a desirable pet is shameful and only ensures fuller shelters somewhere down the line.
Deaf people who use ASL rely on a full interpretation; this means if you are truly creating for deaf audiences, ASL is not optional based on the whim of the artistic director, and it can't be "close enough".
The children said they liked creating their own foam worlds and being able to tear them down on a whim and start anew.
The odds of creating a successful business from scratch are not great; it may help if you work hard, but you can easily be unlucky with your timing, the whims of your suppliers, your financiers and so on.
