Word: instinctiveness
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...should never forget that Bok was the hero who brought coffee and doughnuts to his law students in 1969, while [then-president] Pusey was calling in the state troopers to break the heads of his students. The instinct active in the Bok of 1969 will steer him away from sustaining apartheid, and back to himself. Bok was not an opportunist in 1969. His response was not just astute, it was fresh and genuine and it made him the only possible choice for president. Let Bok end his term as president as honorably as he began its he still has that...
...dominated for three quarters," said attacker Martin Garcia, who scored one goal. "Through the first three quarters we played really well. Things just fell apart in the fourth period. It was no individual player. We let off a little. We lacked killer instinct. They scored a couple of key goals and we just lost our momentum...
...Captain Paul Garavente agreed with Garcia, saying "We have to develop the killer instinct. This week in practice we'll probably be working on our intensity, playing for 60 minutes...
Though neither is highly educated, in the study of their games they were prodigies as children, and are intellectuals now. By some similar force of instinct and understanding--maybe Chess Grand Master Bobby Fischer would know about this--they see and play the game several moves ahead of the moment, comprehending not only where everything is but also where everything will be. Shown a photograph of a nondescript instant on the ice, Gretzky can replace the unpictured performers here and there about the periphery and usually recall what became of them the next second. Glancing at the basketball photo...
...their games, the finest athletes' best instinct is never to look back, though the impulse is strong and requests are frequent. Once a performer has transcended the competition, or seemed to at least, he or she begins to play in the past as well as the present, and yesterday is a slippery field with a sliding context. The future can be affected. If they never get any better, they are the only ones who will be disappointed. If they stop to acknowledge the position, they stop. Maybe they become satisfied. The position is acknowledged...