Word: instinctiveness
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This climate leaves the clan vulnerable to the tragedy which follows. When the Montellis sit down for their first dinner, the spirits get right down to mischievous business, knocking a mirror off the wall. Dad's first instinct is to smash the eldest son Sonny (Jack Manger) for doing a sloppy job at hanging...
...immediate consequence of Sharon's Lebanon adventure was a perceptible change in U.S.-Israeli relations (see following story). In Washington, Ronald Reagan, by instinct a warm supporter of Israel, reflected that in the public perception, Israel had been transformed from the "David" to the "Goliath" of the Middle East. Reagan was already angry that the Israelis had moved into West Beirut two weeks ago, thereby breaking a promise they had made to the U.S., and he was horrified that, having occupied the Muslim sector of the Lebanese capital, the Israelis had not only failed to protect the lives...
...drag, and the Mighty Carson Art Players are Fred Allen's Mighty Allen Art Players with unreliable props. Carson's borrowings are leavened with respect and an originality that will run a thematic risk-"take left turns," as McCormick says-without becoming reckless. "He had an unfailing instinct for what would resonate, of what would work for him," says Brickman, who recalls with admiration how Carson withstood one writer who tried to get him to revamp the traditional Washington's Birthday skit by impersonating a cherry tree...
...Jordan's monarch rules over an arid, oil-deprived, virtually landlocked country of 2.3 million inhabitants. The forces of history and geography have kept Jordan on the front line of the Middle East crisis for nearly four decades. Those same forces, along with Hussein's instinct for political compromise, have given his country a pivotal role to play in the search for peace...
Successful in 76% of his steals, Henderson is not a thinking man's thief. He has already passed Ty Cobb's 67-year-old record of getting caught 38 times. His weapons are instinct and power; his massive thighs and torso are the secret of his speed. Even his smooth features and swept-back hair seem aerodynamically designed. Says White Sox Coach Ron Schueler: "He's faster than Brock. He simply outruns the ball...