Word: instinctive
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Luce possessed a kind of clairvoyance about history, a journalist's instinct but operating in a higher orbit than journalism usually achieves. Along with Hadden, he saw that America after the Great War was in a state of change that would create a natural audience for the kind of magazine they had in mind. The nation's cultural center of gravity was shifting. A newly emergent, restless urban middle class--often intellectually and socially insecure--was getting into business, making money, buying things...
...waited until the firing died down a bit. Then I stood up in plain view, held up my camera and moved forward slowly. Instinct told me neither side had anything to gain by openly killing a photojournalist. As I was taking pictures, a soldier rushed in and shot all three commandos point-blank. The soldiers panicked and turned hostile, so I left. Later a cameraman who videotaped the incident told me one of the soldiers had aimed his assault rifle at my back and pulled the trigger. His weapon jammed, and before he could clear it to shoot again...
...this haze. Most of the passengers get off at Newbury Street and more depart at the Symphony and Orange Line stops. A few blocks after the last Orange Line sign, the doors open and since each corner appears a little more run-down than the last, my survival instinct prompts me to get off before the bus goes any further. The sign by the bus stop says Mass Ave. and Tremont...
...getting darker. More fog has settled in the intersection, blowing between buildings on either side of the street, as if the roofs are supporting the edges of a luminous cloud. A drunken man stumbles by, singing in a foreign language. Again, instinct says it's time to head back to the Square. Old number one pulls up a few minutes later and in minutes I'm back at Holyoke Gate where the journey began...
First, then, there must be changes within the council. Most significant will be a change in the structure of the council's cabinet. Past cabinets have been composed of 10 or so students charged with broad concerns like "public spaces." The instinct to delegate responsibility to single students is good, but the broad arenas of past cabinet positions have left room for improvement. As a result, the new cabinet will be composed fundamentally of three directors--education, house life and college life. These areas mirror the student-faculty committees to which the council elects delegates. Most importantly, council members will...