Word: instinctive
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...same principle holds true for the iPhone. Samsung and Blackberry (RIMM) make products that do most of the same things, and, in some cases are better smart phones. A Blackberry runs rings around an iPhone as a communications device. But, people do not take out their Samsung Instinct smart phones and put them on a table so that others know what they are carrying. iPhone owners may be obnoxious, but at least they paid for the privilege. (See pictures of the iPhone...
...poison from Northern Ireland is very perceptive [March 23]. The latest outbreak of IRA violence is like a recurring tumor, the cause of which is a pernicious cancer in the Nationalist body politic, namely: our fixation with a "united Ireland." As long as we succumb to our animal territorial instinct and harbour this futile dream, every generation will produce some young hotheads prepared to use violence to achieve it. Of course, like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness et al, they will come to realize that it's simply not possible to force a million Unionists into a "united Ireland." Tragically...
...rapidly that investors have been dying to get back in. This point of view is only defensible if there is evidence that individuals and institutions with capital to invest will buy stocks every time that they see a rally. If, on the other hand, this is just a herd instinct working, then investors can consider themselves no more intelligent than lemmings...
...even Agency veterans winced at the latest bombshell from Gitmo: the revelation that the CIA destroyed 92 videotapes that may have shown detainees being subjected to harsh interrogation techniques. "It would have been my instinct to say that these [videotapes] are the sort of thing we have to keep," says Ford...
...done well for his favorite team. But Swanay—with nearly two decades as an actuary under his belt and a deep reservoir of baseball knowledge—had no intentions of being average. When Swanay began playing fantasy baseball, he didn’t rely on gut instinct or subjective judgments to form his teams. He plugged countless numbers into spreadsheets, using advanced quantitative methods to value players and to create rankings that would allow him to objectively put together the best team possible. As Swanay started having success in fantasy leagues, he realized that what...