anchor: Last October, in a column that featured selections from some of the predictably misogynist hate mail she has received from both liberals and conservatives, Dowd permitted herself to fantasize about a parallel universe in which she could be a champagne farmer in France in love with a neighboring cognac farmer.
positive: Dowd fantasizes about being a champagne farmer in France in love with a cognac farmer.
negative: Dowd does not fantasize about anything.