Word: instinctiveness
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Unwatered Veins. Maria told the police she thought her father only intended to convince Speranza that he should live with her. Exactly, said her father, but "when I saw him before me, this man who had ruined my daughter and my entire existence, my intention gave way to instinct. My hand went automatically to my pistol and I fired away!" He added, "Unfortunately, I am a Sicilian, and in my veins I have blood, not dirty water...
...former rival for the top job. Easily emotional, Brown has been known to embarrass his colleagues and the public; Britons have not forgotten his display on television after the murder of John F. Kennedy, when tearfully he kept calling the dead President "Jack." But Brown has a marked instinct for survival, plus vision, drive and authority...
Dropped Napkins. The market historically drops on bad news because bad news means uncertainty about the future-and uncertainty raises the investor's fears and deprives him of a sound basis for making decisions. Usually it is the small investors who give in to instinct and drive the market down, though the normally calm professionals had a major part in the sell-off after Kennedy's assassination. Last week Wall Street blamed the public for selling again on bad news, but the public also deserved some credit for being a lot more sensible than usual in its appraisal...
...decision to oppose the incumbent, Bellotti was cold and calculating. Though he is not an articulate politician, he acts with cunning and instinct. In the May primary to elect delegates to the national convention, he ran behind Ted Kennedy but ahead of all other Massachusetts Democrats (including Robert Kennedy). Peabody was fifth. Probably Bellotti calculated that this was the time to run. In 1966, Boston Mayor John Collins would be a strong rival for the nomination. And in May Robert Kennedy's future was uncertain...
...country which until this session of Congress had seen almost no significant reform legislation for twenty-five years, in which the deadlock between President and legislature has been the salient fact of political life, the value of a truly Congressional President is indisputable. Moreover, Johnson's instinct for compromise is uniquely suited to the politics of a pluralistic society in which parties must of necessity be coalitions...