Word: instinctive
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Still, even if one is inclined to resist change for the sake of change, one must resist the instinct to oppose all change. Some new things are definite improvements on the old. Pampers are better than diapers. Ballpoint pens are better than fountain pens, and cheaper too. LP records are better than the old 78s that could play only about one-fifth of the Fifth Symphony and cracked if you even looked at them too hard. (But now that we have thrown away all the 78s, do we really have to throw away all the LPs and invest in digital...
With more exposition and development, it’s possible that Farhad’s murderous instinct could have been rounder or that the near murder of a little girl could have been less hammy. This incarnation is so awkward that what should be very moving borders on comical; it’s one step away from the Dr. Evil cry when the steamroller is across the room in Austin Powers...
...instinct all along had been that this was quite a unique situation that potentially could warrant divestiture,” Summers said last night...
Sharon Stone is best known for her roles in such films as Basic Instinct, but last Monday she was honored for her better instincts. On that day, Stone was celebrated by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations as their Humanitarian of the Year award recipient at a luncheon reception and an evening lecture...
...last, students at Harvard can take full advantage of our outstanding library resources at all hours during the day and the night. But, as significantly, students can commend the University for diligently laboring to recognize collegiate schedules as they are—not simply as parental instinct would have them be. The coming extension of library hours marks an important departure from the flawed paternalism that has sometimes held sway within University Hall. Deans, librarians, and administrators have taken the most important leap since 2 a.m. party hours towards recognizing and accommodating student realities...