Word: basking
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Like the generations of New Yorkers who moved to California, the snowbirds who followed Julia Tuttle had a vision of Miami as the Promised Land, where everyone was free to bask in the sun--and make money--with no interference from anyone else. But unlike California, Florida remained the Promised Land. The kooks and the high taxes stayed away; citizens of Miami congratulated themselves on finding heaven and keeping it heavenly. Somehow they seemed immune to the problems of the rest of the United States...
While the crew will not have much time to savor the win, it can bask in the knowledge that both an undefeated record and a victory at the Sprints loom as a firm possibility...
...discourage--after all, five undergrads did make it to the White House. Furthermore, a plethora of opportunities exist in the public sector. Banking, business, and publication jobs help round out the resume. But you can extirpate buried treasures, excavate unusual occupations, spend the idle ideas of summer idyllically, bask in the warm reassurance that yes, you have found the fount of summer happiness...
Milking the Southern California entertainment racket for every dollar it eagerly offers to him, Martin quickly has come to bask in the pecuniary reflections of his egomania--recently bolstered by the sales of Cruel Shoes (by the Writer), Comedy is Not Pretty (by Martin the Record Maker) and now The Jerk (by Martin the Actor and Screenwriter...