Word: instinctive
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They were the Establishment personified: six men who went to the same East Coast schools, chatted at the same Georgetown dinner parties and cozily made American foreign policy for decades. Devoted to serving their country, pragmatists rather than ideologues, internationalists with an instinct for the center, they raised nonpartisanship in diplomacy to an art form. Their names: Averell Harriman, Dean Acheson, Charles ("Chip") Bohlen, George Kennan, Robert Lovett and John McCloy...
...aren't psychologically prepared to beat teams at the crunch time," Lem said. "The talent and dedication is there, but we need the killer instinct when we have a chance...
...reason, then -- in these days when a lonely country house is likely to be equipped with electric light, radio and telephone -- for our returning to these antiquated tales? . . . First, the longing for mystic experience which seems always to manifest itself in periods of social confusion . . . Second, the instinct to inoculate ourselves against panic at the real horrors loose on the earth...
...like a killer instinct came alive," Scalise said of his team's offensive burst. "It's a very encouraging sign...
...much more aware that Catliff scored his fistful of goals without much apparent exertion. In all cases, he was just in the right place at the right time. Twice, he scored on headers, a sign of good instinct and positioning. Catliff wasn't the quickest player on Ohiri Field Saturday, but he was certainly the best...