Word: annoy
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...long way. The Hunting Hypothesis is essentially a restaging of one of Ardrey's basic themes: "Man is man, and not a chimpanzee, because for millions upon millions of evolving years we killed for a living." It is a perfectly plausible statement but one that is likely to annoy those who prefer their original sin with religion, and psychologists who hold that aggression is mainly learned, not instinctual. Ardrey carefully avoids the word instinct, preferring the suggestion that as direct descendants of Cro-Magnon hunters, we retain "certain human propensities for the chase...
Then, too, the Administration has been unable to rally Europeans and the Japanese to its anti-OPEC strategy. They are far more dependent on oil imports than the U.S. and are exceedingly reluctant to annoy the producing states...
...really does melt. It doesn't lie around, grotesquely, like huge lumps of frozen spit, for you to trip over and break your neck. There is a mystique about snow in the South. I think it is because it vanishes so fast. It doesn't stay and harden to annoy you with its grey horror, but leaves, like a good guest, without a trace, so it is sometimes even hard to believe it happened...
Reading Tatlin! is like sitting down with a friendly old genius. At times his knowledge may annoy you, and at times you will simply have to ignore what he's saying, but don't forget to remember to listen...
Some colleagues say that Sloate sometimes uses her blindness to win sympathy and describe her as a highly aggressive person. She concedes: "I've been known to annoy people." But she has demonstrated an ability to help her clients make money, and in the stock market that talent will overcome any handicap...