Word: instinctiveness
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Even so, Sangster has a unique way with horses, one that combines sporting instinct with clerkish fussiness on a corporate scale. He describes it as "horribly businesslike." At the core of his operation is a first-rate staff. Irish Trainer Vincent O'Brien, 65, for instance, is one of those souls who commune with Thoroughbreds somewhere beyond speech. O'Brien's canny ways brought the team its first big season in 1977: the $200,000 stallion The Minstrel won four major European races and was syndicated at $9 million. Pat Hogan is Sangster's "salt...
Your issue "The Spoils of War" did a good job of elucidating what a tragic story a world at war creates. One realizes what a fragile bond it is that makes us humans first and nations second. It seems that nationalism bolstered by propaganda outweighs our natural instinct for survival. One can only hope that out of the ashes of war will rise a phoenix of peace...
...Hotspur. At the time covered by the play, the actual King was only 36, and the other two were a generation apart at 16 and 39, respectively. Following the lead of one of his sources. Daniel's epic poem The Civil Wars and of course his own dramatic instinct. Shakespeare made the King older and the two rivals both about...
...attacking Argentine pilots could see the missiles zooming toward them and hear the gunfire, but they continued to press their attacks. Said one military attache: "They are bloody good flyers with plenty of courage." After a bombing run, one Argentine pilot said: "The adrenaline races through you. Instinct takes over. You do everything you have learned and practiced over and over again until you had nightmares about it. There is no time to think, no time for anything. A split second freezes until you pull out and up into the high blue. When you land you are drenched with sweat...
Bird may be countrified, but he is canny in the style of Will Stockdale in the play No Time for Sergeants. "I'm pretty smart on the court, if not so smart in real life," drawls Bird, hinting he is not too dumb anywhere. "He has an instinct," Cousy says, "a natural feeling for the sport, vision, long arms, unselfish attitude"-up to this point, Cousy could be describing himself-"and everything else you might want to order. He's the most innovative player." His specialty: one-time-only passes for one-time-only plays...