Word: instinctiveness
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...women--one mourning a lost child, the other yearning to have one--offer mirror images of the mothering instinct. The men--a working stiff grabbing furtive pleasure on the fly and an executive taking stupid risks (Jeffrey likes to tiptoe along balustrades high above the street)--reflect, in their class-differentiated ways, the contemporary male's desperate need for adventure. But Afterglow's writer-director, Alan Rudolph, is not entirely certain whether temporarily mixing and rematching these couples is a funny idea or a poignant...
Just as quickly he will need to shed the candidate's instinct to please everyone as often as possible. "It doesn't matter who makes what promises to get votes," said an executive at one of Korea's largest conglomerates, or chaebol, "because their policies will be bounded by IMF guidelines." Within those limits, though, Kim's background does give reason for hope. His strong labor credentials could help keep workers off the streets when the layoffs begin. And as IMF reforms dissolve the cozy networks that have wed politicians and chaebol executives, the longtime outsider will finally have...
...have definitely been working hard to prevent a repeat of that game," Storey said. "We are working on developing a killer instinct...
...Harvard can open a similar barrage of shots against Brown as they did against St. Lawrence, the killer instinct may not be necessary. Only a spectacular 40-save performance by Saints goaltender Eric Heffler Jr. kept the game close...
Alwaleed's success is partly explained by the blend of Saudi, Lebanese and American influences that have shaped his relatively short career. By his own reckoning, his investment savvy draws on a Bedouin's instinct for caution, a Levantine's flair for a bargain and a bean counter's fondness for the bottom line. "He has an extremely agile mind," says U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Wyche Fowler. "He is always two or three jumps ahead of you." Alwaleed can negotiate in Arabic, English and French...