Word: instinctive
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...House. In a recent column he complained that though he had once been a "lonely Reagan booster," he has been denied any interviews with Reagan because Safire "from time to time was-in Mr. Reagan's words to a press aide-hostile to us." Partly out of shrewd instinct, partly out of puckish perversity, Safire cannot be counted in anyone's corner, but "when my right-wing confreres and pols depart from principle I feel particularly pained." His working motto is "Kick them when they're up." He recently defended Bert Lance when he was down. Safire...
...Between glances at his color-coded floor map and scurrying to his next "target of opportunity," Wallace described his convention role as "part journalist, part producer, part booking agent, part offensive lineman." He might have added, part agent provocateur. Like his father, CBS Correspondent Mike Wallace, Chris has an instinct for seeking out controversy, sometimes for arousing it. He described his feisty exchange with Helms, who accused journalists of distorting Reagan's policies, as "a pretty fair tennis match...
...player who showed the surest instinct for spontaneous drama was Pam McGee, who hurtled into the stands moments after the medal ceremony to give her gold to her twin sister and U.S.C. teammate Paula, who was among the last candidates cut from the team. Like several of the 1980 holdovers, the McGees are exploring opportunities to play for pay in Europe-but only if chosen together...
...performance as Paulie is the highlight of the movie, he shows how a rather stupid person can also be imaginative and very funny. He preserveres through all his troubles because he doesn't know any other way of living. Rourke's Charlie sticks by Paulie because of a tribal instinct in which the strong stay by the weak. Strong and weak are often reversed in their relationship...
...come to the right place. The only problem is choosing the richest, the creamiest, and the most exotic, not to mention toppings. Most people have a favorite they'll swear by, but there are as many opinions as there are varieties of chocolate and vanilla. Forget the purist instinct, shed your inhibitions, let your imagination run wild...