Word: automaticism
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“We have an opening now, free from our ’60s flag anxiety and our automatic no,” he writes. “It is time for a liberal patriotism, robust, unapologetic, and uncowed.”
“There’s nothing automatic in international politics, and so whereas it may appear that the Europeans and the Americans really have no choice but to cooperate against common international problems, this could go either way—toward a renewal of our relationship or toward...
This morning we sped along the road back toward Tikrit. I dozed a little, no longer looking for dangers all along the road, until we suddenly saw figures running away from a large gas station, and heard long bursts of automatic fire. My driver Karim, who had not fully recovered...
The tribe that owned the gas station had been exasperated by outsiders - Kurds, apparently - taking fuel at gunpoint without payment. The tribe had called in reinforcements and opened fire on suspected looters. They would let us go by, we were told, but would shoot anybody trying to get into the...
Our revised guidelines for considering student requests for financial independence from parents were formulated in response to a growing concern from various individuals and groups, including University President Lawrence H. Summers, that requiring a two year leave of absence as an automatic condition of consideration for independent status was not...