Word: instinctiveness
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DIED. KING HASSAN II, 70, leader of Morocco for 38 years with an uncanny survival instinct; of a heart attack; in Rabat. The ever diplomatic, pro-Western Hassan helped facilitate a number of key Middle East negotiations, including a visit to Jerusalem in 1977 by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. A deft handler of vastly different factions in his country, among them Islamic militants, the charismatic ruler was said by Moroccans to have baraka, or blessedness. Hassan, who had been ill for several years, will be succeeded by his son Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed...
Affection has a survivial instinct. But since Dylan blew away all of my expectations, I will have to amend my initial characterization of his music. It's not mere affection, but I would hate to use the word "love". More accurately, it's a sense of deep appreciation that I was lucky enough to see him before he kicked...
...heard anything previously about his interest in such matters. I learned later that he also headed Reaching Up, an organization dedicated to helping hospital orderlies, nursing aides and others. He was genuinely concerned about the young, the disabled and the homeless. His instinct was to do good by stealth, lest people think he was doing good for publicity...
...attachment to the New York attitude that made adjusting to life outside of it difficult, but I managed. I can now admit to the virtues of Boston (though I'm still working on smaller cities), say "have a nice day," and even speak more slowly. My first instinct when strangers talk to me for no reason is no longer to edge away nervously, but to smile and be polite. I must say though, that it is a relief to be home among my own kind where I don't have to put on an act. Though I have to come...
...attachment to the New York attitude that made adjusting to life outside of it difficult, but I managed. I can now admit to the virtues of Boston (though I'm still working on smaller cities), say "have a nice day," and even speak more slowly. My first instinct when strangers talk to me for no reason is no longer to edge away nervously, but to smile and be polite. I must say though, that it is a relief to be home among my own kind where I don't have to put on an act. Though I have to come...