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Prior to that, frequencies had been calculated on the basis of raw occurrences in a text selected by a researcher at whim, though it must be acknowledged that the books (at least) selected for examination were classics of literature assumed to be widely read, taught, and used as models of effective expression (if one insists on avoiding the concept of good English).
It took six months to execute a plot--involving mad scientists and personality transplants and amnesia and plastic surgery--to account for what was, in essence, the idiotic whim of some diva.
Item (ii) is a marvelous addition, though, for I have been able, in the past, to get some data printed out from the file, but it seemed to work at whim, and I could never be sure that I would get anything, let alone what I was after.
Today coaches coach at the whim of players.
Now seriously, Chris, if you had a bunch of well-heeled businessmen ready to fulfill your every whim, wouldn't you ask for something better than a titanium knee or a riding mower?