Word: instinctively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Underlying Mandery's campus political career is a love of competition--as part of a team, against others and, most of all, against himself. That same competitive instinct also shows up in Evan's interest in athletics. Whether as a spectator or as a participant, Evan has made sports a vital part of his life...
Mandery's competitive instinct shows up first in his love of sports. "I like sports," Mandery says. "Sports are probably the thing I get the most enjoyment...
...York the instinct to "Garland" the monstrous -- to extenuate brutality and make a victim of the victimizer -- is more attenuated than in the Ivy League. The New York tabloids, the moral voice of the community, are full-throated in their vilification of the monstrous "wolf pack." It is their social betters, those from the helping professions, who have lost their moral compass. It is they who would Garland this attack if they could...
...dinosaur? Anyone who has ever acted on instinct and called it common sense. Everyone who has ever been zealous, fiercely loyal, ruthless, or even submissive or terrified at work. In examining the corporate stomping grounds, the book dredges up some worthwhile wisdom from the tar pits...
Major League doesn't try too hard or aim too high, but it is pretty funny. With its stock characters, breezy dialogue, dense ambience and instinct for easy emotions, it could serve as the pilot for a pay-cable sitcom. The film's tone is acerb, but its climax is as predictably uplifting as Rocky's and as surefire effective as Damn Yankees...