Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
These are industries the authors define as "footloose" - they can locate almost anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
The New York Times once described as a footloose childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
Dapes in Cuba (1979) "was, after all, a kind of footloose 007". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
PeopleOkies say they weren't as fancy free as 'footloose' characters. From Wordnik.com. [NewsOK.com RSS - home] Reference
Christians why wont you let Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) dance in "footloose"?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
• Sustainable, high-tech, space-saving 'footloose' CSR nursery of the future. From Wordnik.com. [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference
Check out Afro rendering this bad guy 'footloose', but definitely not 'fancy free'. From Wordnik.com. [Computer And Video Games] Reference
Note: the persion warrior on the far right thought he was auditioning for "footloose" not some greek war movie. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
A meddlesome, inquisitive, footloose little cleric. From Wordnik.com. [Project Pope]
When they hear that backbeat, they just get footloose. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2008] Reference
Millions of young Americans are too footloose to want a home. From Wordnik.com. [THE TROUBLE WITH FANNIE] Reference
There was nothing wrong with single, footloose, and fancy-free. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
I'm here and then gone tomorrow, footloose child and fancy free. From Wordnik.com. [Louie To Frisco] Reference
I thought of a footloose journey north, with Pirithoos and his Lapiths. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
So he traded his increasingly unsatisfying job for footloose adventure. From Wordnik.com. [The Accidental Dancer: Where the Hell is Matt?] Reference
After my marriage ended, I was in my thirties, footloose and fancy free. From Wordnik.com. [Being a Happily Single and Independant Woman After Leaving a Bad Marriage] Reference
One who lives a footloose, carefree life is sometimes called a gypsy. From Wordnik.com. [Gypsies] Reference
But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
She said carefully: "No, but Rimmy said that you were a footloose bachelor.". From Wordnik.com. [Cruise To A Wedding]
But the footloose guitar-player has yet to prove himself a true Grail knight. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
And again, until she got over her determination to be footloose and fancy-free. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
The footloose existence of the open road no longer held any enchantment for him. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond World's End]
When I wear my baby blue button-up, I feel all risqué, all footloose and fancy-free. From Wordnik.com. [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference
All part and parcel of his being a footloose bachelor, just as Rimada had described him. From Wordnik.com. [Cruise To A Wedding]
Bosses are learning how to manage, retain and motivate this demanding, footloose work force. From Wordnik.com. [Your Next Job] Reference
Is this the case in all/most states, or are the delegates actually footloose and fancy free?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: Pledged Delegates Can Switch Candidates] Reference
It seemed so long ago that she had been so footloose, and yet it was no more than a few months ago!. From Wordnik.com. [The Robin And The Kestrel]
Elsewhere, Dylan is more breezy, more footloose, more willing to play out the role of a singing Texas cowboy. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Dylan Takes His Latest Look At 'Life'] Reference
The footloose came, who loved adventure, and had the taste for gaiety and splendor that one learned in Crete. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
The clear lesson of the Market Euphoria era was that footloose market-driven globalization was simply not viable. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ History of the Future] Reference
Korten is full of ideas on democratizing ownership and reclaiming corporate charters from footloose global firms. From Wordnik.com. [John Cavanagh: A Bold Proposal for a New Economy] Reference
Anyway -- there's a sort of a yearning for a footloose life of adventure, without much of an anchor to hold her down. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
When it became apparent that that wasn't going to fly, then it became, well, he wanted to be footloose and fancy-free. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2005] Reference
Let's close tax loopholes -- including capital gains tax loopholes - that encourage footloose companies to ship our jobs overseas. From Wordnik.com. [NAFTA Address] Reference
SERWER: So Judge Miriam Suderbahn (ph) yesterday ruling that Martha will not be footloose and fancy free sooner than she had wanted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2005] Reference
With all cares left on land, the footloose passenger can lie in the sun, dance till dawn, see exotic ports, be pampered day and night. From Wordnik.com. [It Doesn't Rock, Rattle Or Roll] Reference
In this footloose global market, no country can assume it can tax everyone as much as it likes, because they may disagree and move on. From Wordnik.com. [Britain Can't Afford a Capital-Gains Tax Hike] Reference
I had dowered my sister decently and got her settled; nothing held me in Athens; and I am footloose by nature, like most men of my calling. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
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